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Recognised as Colour

#4201DC

  • #4201DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4201DC is a violet with RGB values 66, 1, 220 and HSL 258°, 99%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4201DC#4201DC
HEX#4201DC
RGBrgb(66, 1, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0039, 0.8627
RGB percentages25.9%, 0.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(257.8, 99.1%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 99.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK70%, 99.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,325,852
CSS custom property--colour: #4201DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#BDFE23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7Blue · ΔE 18.3Blue violet · ΔE 20.5Dark violet · ΔE 23.3Dark orchid · ΔE 34.5Dark blue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BDC01
Analogous#012DDC, #B001DC
Triadic#DC4201, #01DC42
Split complementary#DCB001, #2DDC01
Tetradic#DC012D, #9BDC01, #01DCB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3AAFF
Lighter +30%#A078FE
Lighter +20%#7C45FE
Lighter +10%#5812FE
Darker −10%#3301A9
Darker −20%#240176
Darker −30%#140044
Darker −40%#050011
More saturated +25%#4200DD
Less saturated −25%#4D1DC0

Channel breakdown

R66
G1
B220
Red66 (25.9%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue257.81°
Saturation (HSL)99.1%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G 01 · B DC

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