Recognised as Colour

#4203C4

#4203C4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4203C4 is a violet with RGB values 66, 3, 196 and HSL 260°, 97%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4203C4

RGBrgb(66, 3, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0118, 0.7686

RGB percentages25.9%, 1.2%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(259.6, 97%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 98.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK66.3%, 98.5%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,326,340

CSS custom property--colour: #4203C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.29:1

Contrast with white10.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#BDFC3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#004F72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.7 Blue violet · ΔE 17.1 Dark violet · ΔE 20 Dark blue · ΔE 24 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3 Navy · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#85C403

Analogous#0324C4, #A303C4

Triadic#C44203, #03C442

Split complementary#C4A303, #24C403

Tetradic#C40324, #85C403, #03C4A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B796FD

Lighter +30%#9563FD

Lighter +20%#7331FC

Lighter +10%#5304F6

Darker −10%#310292

Darker −20%#200160

Darker −30%#0F012D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4100C7

Less saturated −25%#4B1CAB

Channel breakdown

R66

B196

Red66 (25.9%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue259.59°

Saturation (HSL)96.98%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 03 · B C4

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