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Recognised as Colour

#440A99

  • #440A99
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#440A99 is a violet with RGB values 68, 10, 153 and HSL 264°, 88%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#440A99#440A99
HEX#440A99
RGBrgb(68, 10, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.0392, 0.6
RGB percentages26.7%, 3.9%, 60%
HSLhsl(264.3, 87.7%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 93.5%, 60%)
CMYK55.6%, 93.5%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,459,161
CSS custom property--colour: #440A99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.01:1
Contrast with white12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#BBF566

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00399Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003397no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#213C59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 10.1Indigo · ΔE 11Navy · ΔE 11.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Blue violet · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5F990A
Analogous#0A1799, #8C0A99
Triadic#99440A, #0A9944
Split complementary#998C0A, #17990A
Tetradic#990A17, #5F990A, #0A998C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AC79F6
Lighter +30%#8E49F3
Lighter +20%#7019F0
Lighter +10%#590DC9
Darker −10%#2F0769
Darker −20%#190439
Darker −30%#040109
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4200A3
Less saturated −25%#481E85

Channel breakdown

R68
G10
B153
Red68 (26.7%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue264.34°
Saturation (HSL)87.73%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 0A · B 99

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