Recognised as Colour

#42169B

#42169B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#42169B is a violet with RGB values 66, 22, 155 and HSL 260°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#42169B

RGBrgb(66, 22, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0863, 0.6078

RGB percentages25.9%, 8.6%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(259.8, 75.1%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 85.8%, 60.8%)

CMYK57.4%, 85.8%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,331,163

CSS custom property--colour: #42169B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#BDE964

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Deuteranopia#003599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#18405Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.5 Dark blue · ΔE 10.8 Navy · ΔE 11.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F9B16

Analogous#162D9B, #84169B

Triadic#9B4216, #169B42

Split complementary#9B8416, #2D9B16

Tetradic#9B162D, #6F9B16, #169B84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AE8EEF

Lighter +30%#8E61E9

Lighter +20%#6E35E2

Lighter +10%#551CC8

Darker −10%#2F106E

Darker −20%#1C0942

Darker −30%#090315

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3B00B1

Less saturated −25%#492C85

Channel breakdown

R66

G22

B155

Red66 (25.9%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue259.85°

Saturation (HSL)75.14%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 16 · B 9B

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