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Recognised as Colour

#412BAE

  • #412BAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#412BAE is a blue with RGB values 65, 43, 174 and HSL 250°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#412BAE#412BAE
HEX#412BAE
RGBrgb(65, 43, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2549, 0.1686, 0.6824
RGB percentages25.5%, 16.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(250.1, 60.4%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.1, 75.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK62.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,271,022
CSS custom property--colour: #412BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#BED451

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#0049B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00506Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#98AE2B
Analogous#2B57AE, #822BAE
Triadic#AE412B, #2BAE41
Split complementary#AE822B, #57AE2B
Tetradic#AE2B57, #98AE2B, #2BAE82

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#C1B8ED
Lighter +30%#9D8FE3
Lighter +20%#7966D9
Lighter +10%#553DCF
Darker −10%#322185
Darker −20%#22175C
Darker −30%#130D33
Darker −40%#04030A
More saturated +25%#2F10C9
Less saturated −25%#534693

Channel breakdown

R65
G43
B174
Red65 (25.5%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue250.08°
Saturation (HSL)60.37%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 41 · G 2B · B AE

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