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Recognised as Colour

#420C53

  • #420C53
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#420C53 is a violet with RGB values 66, 12, 83 and HSL 286°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#420C53#420C53
HEX#420C53
RGBrgb(66, 12, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0471, 0.3255
RGB percentages25.9%, 4.7%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(285.6, 74.7%, 18.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 85.5%, 32.5%)
CMYK20.5%, 85.5%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,328,531
CSS custom property--colour: #420C53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.9:1
Contrast with white14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#BDF3AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002455no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0B2951no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#411C30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.9Purple · ΔE 27.4Indigo · ΔE 28.1Dark magenta · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D530C
Analogous#1E0C53, #530C41
Triadic#53420C, #0C5342
Split complementary#41530C, #0C531E
Tetradic#531E0C, #1D530C, #0C4153

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BF47E4
Lighter +30%#AC1FD9
Lighter +20%#8919AC
Lighter +10%#651280
Darker −10%#1F0626
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#48005F
Less saturated −25%#3C1847

Channel breakdown

R66
G12
B83
Red66 (25.9%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue285.63°
Saturation (HSL)74.74%
Lightness18.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G 0C · B 53

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