Recognised as Colour

#40299F

#40299F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#40299F is a blue with RGB values 64, 41, 159 and HSL 252°, 59%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#40299F#40299F

HEX#40299F

RGBrgb(64, 41, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.1608, 0.6235

RGB percentages25.1%, 16.1%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(251.7, 59%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.7, 74.2%, 62.4%)

CMYK59.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,204,959

CSS custom property--colour: #40299F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05179WCAG 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 10.32:1

Contrast with white10.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#BFD660

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003C9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#024A62no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 13.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2 Navy · ΔE 15.6 Dark blue · ΔE 16.9 Midnight blue · ΔE 19.2 Slate blue · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 13.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#889F29

Analogous#294D9F, #7B299F

Triadic#9F4029, #299F40

Split complementary#9F7B29, #4D9F29

Tetradic#9F294D, #889F29, #299F7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7ABE9

Lighter +30%#9482DF

Lighter +20%#725AD4

Lighter +10%#5033C8

Darker −10%#301F76

Darker −20%#1F144E

Darker −30%#0F0A25

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3110B8

Less saturated −25%#4F4286

Channel breakdown

R64

G41

B159

Red64 (25.1%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue251.69°

Saturation (HSL)59%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 40 · G 29 · B 9F

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