Colour

#401BC2

#401BC2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#401BC2 is a blue with RGB values 64, 27, 194 and HSL 253°, 76%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#401BC2

RGBrgb(64, 27, 194)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.1059, 0.7608

RGB percentages25.1%, 10.6%, 76.1%

HSLhsl(253.3, 75.6%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253.3, 86.1%, 76.1%)

CMYK67%, 86.1%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,201,410

CSS custom property--colour: #401BC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1

Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#BFE43D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#003DBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005373no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.6 Blue violet · ΔE 17.4 Dark blue · ΔE 19.3 Dark violet · ΔE 21.7 Navy · ΔE 24.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DC21B

Analogous#1B4AC2, #931BC2

Triadic#C2401B, #1BC240

Split complementary#C2941B, #49C21B

Tetradic#C21B4A, #9DC21B, #1BC293

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3B4F5

Lighter +30%#9E88EE

Lighter +20%#7A5BE8

Lighter +10%#562EE2

Darker −10%#311595

Darker −20%#220F68

Darker −30%#14083C

Darker −40%#05020F

More saturated +25%#3100DD

Less saturated −25%#4F37A6

Channel breakdown

R64

G27

B194

Red64 (25.1%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue194 (76.1%)

Hue253.29°

Saturation (HSL)75.57%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 1B · B C2

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Colour values

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