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Recognised as Colour

#422A74

  • #422A74
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#422A74 is a violet with RGB values 66, 42, 116 and HSL 259°, 47%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#422A74#422A74
HEX#422A74
RGBrgb(66, 42, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.1647, 0.4549
RGB percentages25.9%, 16.5%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(259.5, 46.8%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 63.8%, 45.5%)
CMYK43.1%, 63.8%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,336,244
CSS custom property--colour: #422A74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#BDD58B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003A76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003872no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#353B4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.4Midnight blue · ΔE 13.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.1Indigo · ΔE 26.7Slate blue · ΔE 29.3Purple · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C742A
Analogous#2A3774, #672A74
Triadic#74422A, #2A7442
Split complementary#74672A, #37742A
Tetradic#742A37, #5C742A, #2A7467

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A992D8
Lighter +30%#8B6DCA
Lighter +20%#6D47BD
Lighter +10%#573899
Darker −10%#2D1C4F
Darker −20%#170F29
Darker −30%#020104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B1688
Less saturated −25%#493E60

Channel breakdown

R66
G42
B116
Red66 (25.9%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue259.46°
Saturation (HSL)46.84%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 42 · G 2A · B 74

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