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Recognised as Colour

#4120DB

  • #4120DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4120DB is a blue with RGB values 65, 32, 219 and HSL 251°, 75%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4120DB#4120DB
HEX#4120DB
RGBrgb(65, 32, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.1255, 0.8588
RGB percentages25.5%, 12.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(250.6, 74.5%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.6, 85.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK70.3%, 85.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,268,251
CSS custom property--colour: #4120DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.56:1
Contrast with white8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#BEDF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.1Blue violet · ΔE 16.7Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Blue · ΔE 25.5Dark blue · ΔE 29.1Dark orchid · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BADB20
Analogous#205CDB, #9F20DB
Triadic#DB4120, #20DB41
Split complementary#DB9F20, #5CDB20
Tetradic#DB205C, #BADB20, #20DB9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6CFF8
Lighter +30%#B0A3F1
Lighter +20%#8B76EB
Lighter +10%#654AE4
Darker −10%#3419AF
Darker −20%#271382
Darker −30%#190C56
Darker −40%#0C0629
More saturated +25%#2D01FA
Less saturated −25%#553FBC

Channel breakdown

R65
G32
B219
Red65 (25.5%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue250.59°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 20 · B DB

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