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Recognised as Colour

#420FAF

  • #420FAF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#420FAF is a violet with RGB values 66, 15, 175 and HSL 259°, 84%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#420FAF#420FAF
HEX#420FAF
RGBrgb(66, 15, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0588, 0.6863
RGB percentages25.9%, 5.9%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(259.1, 84.2%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 91.4%, 68.6%)
CMYK62.3%, 91.4%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,329,391
CSS custom property--colour: #420FAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#BDF050

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0041B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0037ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004766no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.9Navy · ΔE 18.3Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Medium blue · ΔE 20.9Indigo · ΔE 21Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CAF0F
Analogous#0F2CAF, #920FAF
Triadic#AF420F, #0FAF42
Split complementary#AF920F, #2CAF0F
Tetradic#AF0F2C, #7CAF0F, #0FAF92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B394F6
Lighter +30%#9265F2
Lighter +20%#7136EE
Lighter +10%#5413DE
Darker −10%#300B80
Darker −20%#1F0751
Darker −30%#0D0322
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3D00BE
Less saturated −25%#4B2797

Channel breakdown

R66
G15
B175
Red66 (25.9%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue259.13°
Saturation (HSL)84.21%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G 0F · B AF

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