Recognised as Colour

#4300DF

#4300DF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4300DF is a violet with RGB values 67, 0, 223 and HSL 258°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4300DF#4300DF

HEX#4300DF

RGBrgb(67, 0, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0, 0.8745

RGB percentages26.3%, 0%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(258, 100%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 100%, 87.5%)

CMYK70%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,391,135

CSS custom property--colour: #4300DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.11:1

Contrast with white9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#BCFF20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Tritanopia#005B82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 103.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8 Blue · ΔE 16.9 Blue violet · ΔE 21.2 Dark violet · ΔE 24 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.4 Dark blue · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CDF00

Analogous#002CDF, #B300DF

Triadic#DF4300, #00DF43

Split complementary#DFB200, #2DDF00

Tetradic#DF002C, #9CDF00, #00DFB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5ACFF

Lighter +30%#A179FF

Lighter +20%#7E46FF

Lighter +10%#5A13FF

Darker −10%#3400AC

Darker −20%#240079

Darker −30%#150046

Darker −40%#060013

More saturated +25%#4300DF

Less saturated −25%#4E1CC3

Channel breakdown

R67

B223

Red67 (26.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue258.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 43 · G 00 · B DF

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