Colour

#42069A

#42069A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#42069A is a violet with RGB values 66, 6, 154 and HSL 264°, 93%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#42069A#42069A

HEX#42069A

RGBrgb(66, 6, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0235, 0.6039

RGB percentages25.9%, 2.4%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(264.3, 92.5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 96.1%, 60.4%)

CMYK57.1%, 96.1%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,327,066

CSS custom property--colour: #42069A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.18:1

Contrast with white12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#BDF965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00389Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#1A3C59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 9.6 Navy · ΔE 12 Indigo · ΔE 12.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.1 Blue violet · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E9A06

Analogous#06149A, #8C069A

Triadic#9A4206, #069A42

Split complementary#9A8C06, #149A06

Tetradic#9A0614, #5E9A06, #069A8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A972FA

Lighter +30%#8B41F8

Lighter +20%#6D10F6

Lighter +10%#5708CB

Darker −10%#2D0469

Darker −20%#180238

Darker −30%#030007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4100A0

Less saturated −25%#461A86

Channel breakdown

R66

B154

Red66 (25.9%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue264.32°

Saturation (HSL)92.5%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 06 · B 9A

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