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Recognised as Colour

#42286B

  • #42286B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#42286B is a violet with RGB values 66, 40, 107 and HSL 263°, 46%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#42286B#42286B
HEX#42286B
RGBrgb(66, 40, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.1569, 0.4196
RGB percentages25.9%, 15.7%, 42%
HSLhsl(263.3, 45.6%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 62.6%, 42%)
CMYK38.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,335,723
CSS custom property--colour: #42286B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#BDD794

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#02366Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F366Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#393645no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11Midnight blue · ΔE 16.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Indigo · ΔE 30.1Purple · ΔE 31.7Slate blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#516B28
Analogous#282F6B, #64286B
Triadic#6B4228, #286B42
Split complementary#6B6328, #306B28
Tetradic#6B282F, #516B28, #286B64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A78BD4
Lighter +30%#8B66C6
Lighter +20%#7044B5
Lighter +10%#593690
Darker −10%#2B1A46
Darker −20%#140C21
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E167D
Less saturated −25%#463A59

Channel breakdown

R66
G40
B107
Red66 (25.9%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue263.28°
Saturation (HSL)45.58%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G 28 · B 6B

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