Recognised as Colour

#4208C2

#4208C2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4208C2 is a violet with RGB values 66, 8, 194 and HSL 259°, 92%, 40%. 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#4208C2

RGBrgb(66, 8, 194)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0314, 0.7608

RGB percentages25.9%, 3.1%, 76.1%

HSLhsl(258.7, 92.1%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 95.9%, 76.1%)

CMYK66%, 95.9%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,327,618

CSS custom property--colour: #4208C2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.27:1

Contrast with white10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#BDF73D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0046C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003ABFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#004F71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11.2 Blue violet · ΔE 17 Dark violet · ΔE 20.1 Dark blue · ΔE 22.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.3 Navy · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#88C208

Analogous#082BC2, #9F08C2

Triadic#C24208, #08C242

Split complementary#C29F08, #2BC208

Tetradic#C2082B, #88C208, #08C29F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B99BFB

Lighter +30%#976AF9

Lighter +20%#7439F7

Lighter +10%#530AF3

Darker −10%#310691

Darker −20%#210460

Darker −30%#10022F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F00CA

Less saturated −25%#4C21A9

Channel breakdown

R66

B194

Red66 (25.9%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue194 (76.1%)

Hue258.71°

Saturation (HSL)92.08%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 08 · B C2

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