Recognised as Colour

#420EAD

#420EAD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#420EAD is a violet with RGB values 66, 14, 173 and HSL 260°, 85%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#420EAD#420EAD

HEX#420EAD

RGBrgb(66, 14, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0549, 0.6784

RGB percentages25.9%, 5.5%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(259.6, 85%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 91.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK61.8%, 91.9%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,329,133

CSS custom property--colour: #420EAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#BDF152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0040B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0037AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#004665no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.3 Navy · ΔE 17.7 Indigo · ΔE 20.3 Blue violet · ΔE 20.9 Medium blue · ΔE 21.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79AD0E

Analogous#0E2AAD, #920EAD

Triadic#AD420E, #0EAD42

Split complementary#AD910E, #2AAD0E

Tetradic#AD0E2A, #79AD0E, #0EAD92

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B291F6

Lighter +30%#9162F2

Lighter +20%#7033EE

Lighter +10%#5412DC

Darker −10%#300A7E

Darker −20%#1E064F

Darker −30%#0C031F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3D00BB

Less saturated −25%#4A2596

Channel breakdown

R66

G14

B173

Red66 (25.9%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue259.62°

Saturation (HSL)85.03%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 0E · B AD

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