Recognised as Colour

#4203FF

#4203FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#4203FF is a violet with RGB values 66, 3, 255 and HSL 255°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#4203FF#4203FF

HEX#4203FF

RGBrgb(66, 3, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0118, 1

RGB percentages25.9%, 1.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(255, 100%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255, 98.8%, 100%)

CMYK74.1%, 98.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,326,399

CSS custom property--colour: #4203FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#BDFC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0047FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#006A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 114.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 5.1 Medium blue · ΔE 19.9 Blue violet · ΔE 31.2 Dark violet · ΔE 33.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 46.5 Dark blue · ΔE 49.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C0FF03

Analogous#0342FF, #C003FF

Triadic#FF4203, #03FF42

Split complementary#FFC003, #42FF03

Tetradic#FF0342, #C0FF03, #03FFC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBCFFF

Lighter +30%#B59CFF

Lighter +20%#8F69FF

Lighter +10%#6836FF

Darker −10%#3400CF

Darker −20%#27009C

Darker −30%#1A0069

Darker −40%#0E0036

More saturated +25%#4203FF

Less saturated −25%#5222E0

Channel breakdown

R66

B255

Red66 (25.9%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue255°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 03 · B FF

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