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Colour

#4402C8

  • #4402C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4402C8 is a violet with RGB values 68, 2, 200 and HSL 260°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4402C8#4402C8
HEX#4402C8
RGBrgb(68, 2, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.0078, 0.7843
RGB percentages26.7%, 0.8%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(260, 98%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 99%, 78.4%)
CMYK66%, 99%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,457,160
CSS custom property--colour: #4402C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#BBFD37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0048CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003BC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#005174no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Dark violet · ΔE 19.9Dark blue · ΔE 25.9Blue · ΔE 27.6Dark orchid · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86C802
Analogous#0223C8, #A702C8
Triadic#C84402, #02C844
Split complementary#C8A702, #23C802
Tetradic#C80223, #86C802, #02C8A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BA98FE
Lighter +30%#9866FD
Lighter +20%#7633FD
Lighter +10%#5503FA
Darker −10%#330196
Darker −20%#220163
Darker −30%#100031
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4300CA
Less saturated −25%#4C1BAF

Channel breakdown

R68
G2
B200
Red68 (26.7%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 02 · B C8

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