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Colour

#40217C

  • #40217C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#40217C is a violet with RGB values 64, 33, 124 and HSL 260°, 58%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#40217C#40217C
HEX#40217C
RGBrgb(64, 33, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.1294, 0.4863
RGB percentages25.1%, 12.9%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(260.4, 58%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 73.4%, 48.6%)
CMYK48.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,202,876
CSS custom property--colour: #40217C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.16:1
Contrast with white12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#BFDE83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00377Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00347Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2E384Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.2Indigo · ΔE 16.6Navy · ΔE 23.3Purple · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D7C21
Analogous#21307C, #6D217C
Triadic#7C4021, #217C40
Split complementary#7C6D21, #307C21
Tetradic#7C2130, #5D7C21, #217C6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A789E0
Lighter +30%#8961D5
Lighter +20%#6A39CA
Lighter +10%#552CA4
Darker −10%#2B1654
Darker −20%#160C2B
Darker −30%#020103
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A0D90
Less saturated −25%#463568

Channel breakdown

R64
G33
B124
Red64 (25.1%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue260.44°
Saturation (HSL)57.96%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 40 · G 21 · B 7C

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