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Recognised as Colour

#44277A

  • #44277A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#44277A is a violet with RGB values 68, 39, 122 and HSL 261°, 52%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#44277A#44277A
HEX#44277A
RGBrgb(68, 39, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.1529, 0.4784
RGB percentages26.7%, 15.3%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(261, 51.6%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 68%, 47.8%)
CMYK44.3%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,466,554
CSS custom property--colour: #44277A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.56:1
Contrast with white11.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#BBD885

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003A7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003878no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Tritanopia#353B4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.2Midnight blue · ΔE 10.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.7Indigo · ΔE 21.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.3Purple · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D7A27
Analogous#27347A, #6E277A
Triadic#7A4427, #277A44
Split complementary#7A6D27, #347A27
Tetradic#7A2734, #5D7A27, #277A6E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AB91DC
Lighter +30%#8E6AD0
Lighter +20%#7044C3
Lighter +10%#5A33A1
Darker −10%#2E1B53
Darker −20%#190E2D
Darker −30%#030206
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E138E
Less saturated −25%#4A3B66

Channel breakdown

R68
G39
B122
Red68 (26.7%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue260.96°
Saturation (HSL)51.55%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 27 · B 7A

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