Colour

#4100FF

#4100FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#4100FF is a violet with RGB values 65, 0, 255 and HSL 255°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#4100FF#4100FF

HEX#4100FF

RGBrgb(65, 0, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0, 1

RGB percentages25.5%, 0%, 100%

HSLhsl(255.3, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.3, 100%, 100%)

CMYK74.5%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,260,095

CSS custom property--colour: #4100FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.87:1

Contrast with white7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#BEFF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Deuteranopia#0047FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#006A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 115.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 4.8 Medium blue · ΔE 20.3 Blue violet · ΔE 31.7 Dark violet · ΔE 34 Dark orchid · ΔE 47 Dark blue · ΔE 50.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 4.78, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BEFF00

Analogous#003FFF, #C000FF

Triadic#FF4100, #00FF41

Split complementary#FFC000, #3FFF00

Tetradic#FF003F, #BEFF00, #00FFC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9CCFF

Lighter +30%#B399FF

Lighter +20%#8D66FF

Lighter +10%#6733FF

Darker −10%#3400CC

Darker −20%#270099

Darker −30%#1A0066

Darker −40%#0D0033

More saturated +25%#4100FF

Less saturated −25%#5120DF

Channel breakdown

R65

B255

Red65 (25.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue255.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 41 · G 00 · B FF

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