Colour

#421A72

#421A72
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#421A72 is a violet with RGB values 66, 26, 114 and HSL 267°, 63%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#421A72

RGBrgb(66, 26, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.102, 0.4471

RGB percentages25.9%, 10.2%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(267.3, 62.9%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.3, 77.2%, 44.7%)

CMYK42.1%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,332,146

CSS custom property--colour: #421A72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.94:1

Contrast with white12.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#BDE58D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003175no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003170no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Tritanopia#363144no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14 Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.8 Indigo · ΔE 17.2 Purple · ΔE 23.9 Navy · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A721A

Analogous#1A1E72, #6E1A72

Triadic#72421A, #1A7242

Split complementary#726E1A, #1E721A

Tetradic#721A1E, #4A721A, #1A726E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A778E0

Lighter +30%#8C4ED7

Lighter +20%#722DC5

Lighter +10%#5A239C

Darker −10%#2A1148

Darker −20%#12071F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#400884

Less saturated −25%#442C61

Channel breakdown

R66

G26

B114

Red66 (25.9%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue267.27°

Saturation (HSL)62.86%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 1A · B 72

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