Recognised as Colour

#423A58

#423A58
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#423A58 is a violet with RGB values 66, 58, 88 and HSL 256°, 21%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#423A58

RGBrgb(66, 58, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.2275, 0.3451

RGB percentages25.9%, 22.7%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(256, 20.5%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256, 34.1%, 34.5%)

CMYK25%, 34.1%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,340,312

CSS custom property--colour: #423A58;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.62:1

Contrast with white10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#BDC5A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#333F59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#343E57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#3E3F45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.5 Dim grey · ΔE 26.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.9 Slate grey · ΔE 30.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 32.8 Black · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 26.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#50583A

Analogous#3A4158, #513A58

Triadic#58423A, #3A5842

Split complementary#58513A, #41583A

Tetradic#583A41, #50583A, #3A5851

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A79FBF

Lighter +30%#8B80AB

Lighter +20%#706395

Lighter +10%#594E77

Darker −10%#2B2639

Darker −20%#14111B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#39286A

Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R66

G58

B88

Red66 (25.9%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue256°

Saturation (HSL)20.55%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 42 · G 3A · B 58

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