Recognised as Colour

#4201FA

#4201FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#4201FA is a violet with RGB values 66, 1, 250 and HSL 256°, 99%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4201FA

RGBrgb(66, 1, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0039, 0.9804

RGB percentages25.9%, 0.4%, 98%

HSLhsl(255.7, 99.2%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.7, 99.6%, 98%)

CMYK73.6%, 99.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,325,882

CSS custom property--colour: #4201FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.03:1

Contrast with white8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#BDFE05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0046F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#006893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 113.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 6.3 Medium blue · ΔE 18.1 Blue violet · ΔE 29.7 Dark violet · ΔE 32.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 44.9 Dark blue · ΔE 47.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9FA01

Analogous#013DFA, #BE01FA

Triadic#FA4201, #01FA42

Split complementary#FABE01, #3DFA01

Tetradic#FA013D, #B9FA01, #01FABE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6C8FF

Lighter +30%#B195FF

Lighter +20%#8B63FE

Lighter +10%#6630FE

Darker −10%#3501C7

Darker −20%#270194

Darker −30%#1A0062

Darker −40%#0C002F

More saturated +25%#4200FB

Less saturated −25%#5120DB

Channel breakdown

R66

B250

Red66 (25.9%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue255.66°

Saturation (HSL)99.2%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 01 · B FA

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