Recognised as Colour

#420B34

#420B34
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#420B34 is a magenta with RGB values 66, 11, 52 and HSL 315°, 71%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#420B34#420B34

HEX#420B34

RGBrgb(66, 11, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0431, 0.2039

RGB percentages25.9%, 4.3%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(315.3, 71.4%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(315.3, 83.3%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 21.2%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,328,244

CSS custom property--colour: #420B34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.8:1

Contrast with white15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#BDF4CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0F1D35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#212633no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#460D1Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.9 Black · ΔE 35.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 37.5 Purple · ΔE 40.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 41.9 Dim grey · ΔE 45.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 34.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B4219

Analogous#340B42, #420B19

Triadic#34420B, #0B3442

Split complementary#19420B, #0B4235

Tetradic#42340B, #0B4219, #0B1942

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE3BB5

Lighter +30%#C5219B

Lighter +20%#991A79

Lighter +10%#6E1256

Darker −10%#160412

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4C0139

Less saturated −25%#38152F

Channel breakdown

R66

G11

B52

Red66 (25.9%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue315.27°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness15.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 0B · B 34

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