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Recognised as Colour

#442C83

  • #442C83
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#442C83 is a violet with RGB values 68, 44, 131 and HSL 257°, 50%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#442C83#442C83
HEX#442C83
RGBrgb(68, 44, 131)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.1725, 0.5137
RGB percentages26.7%, 17.3%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(256.6, 49.7%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.6, 66.4%, 51.4%)
CMYK48.1%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,467,843
CSS custom property--colour: #442C83;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.86:1
Contrast with white10.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#BBD37C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#304153no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.4Midnight blue · ΔE 10.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.1Indigo · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 23.4Navy · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B832C
Analogous#2C4083, #6F2C83
Triadic#83442C, #2C8344
Split complementary#836F2C, #40832C
Tetradic#832C40, #6B832C, #2C836F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AF9DDE
Lighter +30%#9077D1
Lighter +20%#7151C4
Lighter +10%#5839A9
Darker −10%#301F5D
Darker −20%#1C1237
Darker −30%#090610
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A1699
Less saturated −25%#4E426D

Channel breakdown

R68
G44
B131
Red68 (26.7%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue256.55°
Saturation (HSL)49.71%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 2C · B 83

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