Recognised as Colour

#422BF5

#422BF5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#422BF5 is a blue with RGB values 66, 43, 245 and HSL 247°, 91%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#422BF5#422BF5

HEX#422BF5

RGBrgb(66, 43, 245)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.1686, 0.9608

RGB percentages25.9%, 16.9%, 96.1%

HSLhsl(246.8, 91%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.8, 82.4%, 96.1%)

CMYK73.1%, 82.4%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,336,629

CSS custom property--colour: #422BF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#BDD40A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0060FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#004DF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Tritanopia#006D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 103 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.3 Blue · ΔE 18.4 Blue violet · ΔE 20.6 Dark violet · ΔE 25.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.1 Dark blue · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DEF52B

Analogous#2B79F5, #A72BF5

Triadic#F5422B, #2BF542

Split complementary#F5A72B, #79F52B

Tetradic#F52B79, #DEF52B, #2BF5A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EEFE

Lighter +30%#C4BDFC

Lighter +20%#998CFA

Lighter +10%#6D5CF7

Darker −10%#230BE2

Darker −20%#1C08B2

Darker −30%#140681

Darker −40%#0C0450

More saturated +25%#3A21FF

Less saturated −25%#5747D9

Channel breakdown

R66

G43

B245

Red66 (25.9%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue245 (96.1%)

Hue246.83°

Saturation (HSL)90.99%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 2B · B F5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#422BF5

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else