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Recognised as Colour

#4401DD

  • #4401DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4401DD is a violet with RGB values 68, 1, 221 and HSL 258°, 99%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4401DD#4401DD
HEX#4401DD
RGBrgb(68, 1, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.0039, 0.8667
RGB percentages26.7%, 0.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(258.3, 99.1%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.3, 99.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK69.2%, 99.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,456,925
CSS custom property--colour: #4401DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#BBFE22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#005A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 101.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.5Blue · ΔE 18Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark violet · ΔE 23.2Dark orchid · ΔE 34.5Dark blue · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9ADD01
Analogous#012CDD, #B201DD
Triadic#DD4401, #01DD44
Split complementary#DDB201, #2CDD01
Tetradic#DD012C, #9ADD01, #01DDB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5ABFF
Lighter +30%#A179FE
Lighter +20%#7E46FE
Lighter +10%#5B13FE
Darker −10%#3401AA
Darker −20%#250177
Darker −30%#150045
Darker −40%#060012
More saturated +25%#4400DE
Less saturated −25%#4F1DC1

Channel breakdown

R68
G1
B221
Red68 (26.7%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue258.27°
Saturation (HSL)99.1%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 01 · B DD

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