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Recognised as Colour

#4417BD

  • #4417BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4417BD is a violet with RGB values 68, 23, 189 and HSL 256°, 78%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4417BD#4417BD
HEX#4417BD
RGBrgb(68, 23, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.0902, 0.7412
RGB percentages26.7%, 9%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(256.3, 78.3%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.3, 87.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK64%, 87.8%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,462,525
CSS custom property--colour: #4417BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.98:1
Contrast with white9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#BBE842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#004F70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 16.9Blue violet · ΔE 17.5Dark blue · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 21.2Navy · ΔE 22.8Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 16.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90BD17
Analogous#173DBD, #9717BD
Triadic#BD4417, #17BD44
Split complementary#BD9717, #3DBD17
Tetradic#BD173D, #90BD17, #17BD97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFABF5
Lighter +30%#9D7EEF
Lighter +20%#7A50EA
Lighter +10%#5723E4
Darker −10%#341190
Darker −20%#230C62
Darker −30%#130635
Darker −40%#030107
More saturated +25%#3900D4
Less saturated −25%#5032A3

Channel breakdown

R68
G23
B189
Red68 (26.7%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue256.27°
Saturation (HSL)78.3%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 17 · B BD

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