Recognised as Colour

#40127C

#40127C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#40127C is a violet with RGB values 64, 18, 124 and HSL 266°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#40127C#40127C

HEX#40127C

RGBrgb(64, 18, 124)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0706, 0.4863

RGB percentages25.1%, 7.1%, 48.6%

HSLhsl(266, 74.6%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266, 85.5%, 48.6%)

CMYK48.4%, 85.5%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,199,036

CSS custom property--colour: #40127C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.16:1

Contrast with white13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#BFED83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00317Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Tritanopia#2F3248no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 12.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.4 Navy · ΔE 16.3 Dark blue · ΔE 20.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4E7C12

Analogous#12197C, #75127C

Triadic#7C4012, #127C40

Split complementary#7C7512, #197C12

Tetradic#7C1219, #4E7C12, #127C75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A570EA

Lighter +30%#8943E4

Lighter +20%#6E1FD5

Lighter +10%#5718A9

Darker −10%#290C4F

Darker −20%#120523

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3E008E

Less saturated −25%#42246A

Channel breakdown

R64

G18

B124

Red64 (25.1%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue124 (48.6%)

Hue266.04°

Saturation (HSL)74.65%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 12 · B 7C

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