Recognised as Colour

#422D49

#422D49
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#422D49 is a violet with RGB values 66, 45, 73 and HSL 285°, 24%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#422D49

RGBrgb(66, 45, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.1765, 0.2863

RGB percentages25.9%, 17.6%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(285, 23.7%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285, 38.4%, 28.6%)

CMYK9.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,336,969

CSS custom property--colour: #422D49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.33:1

Contrast with white12.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#BDD2B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#29334Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E3548no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#423037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.5 Dim grey · ΔE 30.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.6 Slate grey · ΔE 35.7 Gray · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34492D

Analogous#342D49, #492D42

Triadic#49422D, #2D4942

Split complementary#42492D, #2D4934

Tetradic#49342D, #34492D, #2D4249

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AC8BB7

Lighter +30%#966BA4

Lighter +20%#7B5488

Lighter +10%#5F4069

Darker −10%#251A29

Darker −20%#09060A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#491E58

Less saturated −25%#3B3B3B

Channel breakdown

R66

G45

B73

Red66 (25.9%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue285°

Saturation (HSL)23.73%

Lightness23.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 2D · B 49

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