Recognised as Colour

#42059C

#42059C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#42059C is a violet with RGB values 66, 5, 156 and HSL 264°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#42059C#42059C

HEX#42059C

RGBrgb(66, 5, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0196, 0.6118

RGB percentages25.9%, 2%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(264.2, 93.8%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.2, 96.8%, 61.2%)

CMYK57.7%, 96.8%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,326,812

CSS custom property--colour: #42059C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#BDFA63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0039A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#00329Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#183D5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.8 Navy · ΔE 12.7 Indigo · ΔE 13.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.2 Blue violet · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F9C05

Analogous#05149C, #8E059C

Triadic#9C4205, #059C42

Split complementary#9C8D05, #149C05

Tetradic#9C0514, #5F9C05, #059C8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A973FA

Lighter +30%#8B41F9

Lighter +20%#6D10F7

Lighter +10%#5707CD

Darker −10%#2D036B

Darker −20%#180239

Darker −30%#030008

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4100A1

Less saturated −25%#461988

Channel breakdown

R66

B156

Red66 (25.9%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue264.24°

Saturation (HSL)93.79%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 05 · B 9C

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