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Recognised as Colour

#442B55

  • #442B55
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#442B55 is a violet with RGB values 68, 43, 85 and HSL 276°, 33%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#442B55#442B55
HEX#442B55
RGBrgb(68, 43, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.1686, 0.3333
RGB percentages26.7%, 16.9%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(275.7, 32.8%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CMYK20%, 49.4%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,467,541
CSS custom property--colour: #442B55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.19:1
Contrast with white12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#BBD4AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#223456no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#283654no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#42323Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.3Midnight blue · ΔE 31.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 35.8Dim grey · ΔE 36.9Black · ΔE 37Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 23.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C552B
Analogous#2F2B55, #552B51
Triadic#55442B, #2B5544
Split complementary#51552B, #2B552F
Tetradic#552F2B, #3C552B, #2B5155

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AC89C3
Lighter +30%#9467B2
Lighter +20%#7A4D99
Lighter +10%#5F3C77
Darker −10%#291A33
Darker −20%#0E0911
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#471B65
Less saturated −25%#413B45

Channel breakdown

R68
G43
B85
Red68 (26.7%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue275.71°
Saturation (HSL)32.81%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 2B · B 55

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