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Recognised as Colour

#40127E

  • #40127E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#40127E is a violet with RGB values 64, 18, 126 and HSL 266°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#40127E#40127E
HEX#40127E
RGBrgb(64, 18, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0706, 0.4941
RGB percentages25.1%, 7.1%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(265.6, 75%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 85.7%, 49.4%)
CMYK49.2%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,199,038
CSS custom property--colour: #40127E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.08:1
Contrast with white13.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#BFED81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003281no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#002F7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2D324Ano 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 text13.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.7Midnight blue · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.5Navy · ΔE 15.5Dark blue · ΔE 19.2Purple · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#507E12
Analogous#121A7E, #76127E
Triadic#7E4012, #127E40
Split complementary#7E7612, #1A7E12
Tetradic#7E121A, #507E12, #127E76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A571EB
Lighter +30%#8945E4
Lighter +20%#6D1FD7
Lighter +10%#5718AB
Darker −10%#290C51
Darker −20%#130525
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3D0090
Less saturated −25%#43246C

Channel breakdown

R64
G18
B126
Red64 (25.1%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue265.56°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 12 · B 7E

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