Colour

#4100C9

#4100C9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4100C9 is a violet with RGB values 65, 0, 201 and HSL 259°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4100C9

RGBrgb(65, 0, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0, 0.7882

RGB percentages25.5%, 0%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(259.4, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.4, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK67.7%, 100%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,260,041

CSS custom property--colour: #4100C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.15:1

Contrast with white10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#BEFF36

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0048CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#005175no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.5 Blue violet · ΔE 17.7 Dark violet · ΔE 20.5 Blue · ΔE 26.5 Dark blue · ΔE 26.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#88C900

Analogous#0023C9, #A600C9

Triadic#C94100, #00C941

Split complementary#C9A600, #23C900

Tetradic#C90023, #88C900, #00C9A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B896FF

Lighter +30%#9563FF

Lighter +20%#7330FF

Lighter +10%#5100FC

Darker −10%#310096

Darker −20%#200063

Darker −30%#100030

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4100C9

Less saturated −25%#4A19B0

Channel breakdown

R65

B201

Red65 (25.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue259.4°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 41 · G 00 · B C9

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Colour values

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