Recognised as Colour

#401DAC

#401DAC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#401DAC is a blue with RGB values 64, 29, 172 and HSL 255°, 71%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#401DAC#401DAC

HEX#401DAC

RGBrgb(64, 29, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.1137, 0.6745

RGB percentages25.1%, 11.4%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(254.7, 71.1%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.7, 83.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK62.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,201,900

CSS custom property--colour: #401DAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.56:1

Contrast with white10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#BFE253

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004A66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12 Navy · ΔE 15.2 Indigo · ΔE 17 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9 Blue violet · ΔE 24 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#89AC1D

Analogous#1D42AC, #871DAC

Triadic#AC401D, #1DAC40

Split complementary#AC871D, #42AC1D

Tetradic#AC1D42, #89AC1D, #1DAC87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7A5F0

Lighter +30%#957AE8

Lighter +20%#724EE1

Lighter +10%#5024D8

Darker −10%#301680

Darker −20%#200E55

Darker −30%#0F0729

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3304C5

Less saturated −25%#4D3693

Channel breakdown

R64

G29

B172

Red64 (25.1%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue254.69°

Saturation (HSL)71.14%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 1D · B AC

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