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Recognised as Colour

#442D72

  • #442D72
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#442D72 is a violet with RGB values 68, 45, 114 and HSL 260°, 43%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#442D72#442D72
HEX#442D72
RGBrgb(68, 45, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.1765, 0.4471
RGB percentages26.7%, 17.6%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(260, 43.4%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 60.5%, 44.7%)
CMYK40.4%, 60.5%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,468,082
CSS custom property--colour: #442D72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.27:1
Contrast with white11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#BBD28D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#063B74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#113A70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#393C4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.6Midnight blue · ΔE 16.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.5Indigo · ΔE 29.9Slate blue · ΔE 31Purple · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B722D
Analogous#2D3872, #662D72
Triadic#72442D, #2D7244
Split complementary#72672D, #39722D
Tetradic#722D39, #5B722D, #2D7267

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AB96D5
Lighter +30%#8E71C7
Lighter +20%#704CB9
Lighter +10%#5A3B97
Darker −10%#2E1F4D
Darker −20%#181029
Darker −30%#030204
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3D1986
Less saturated −25%#4B415E

Channel breakdown

R68
G45
B114
Red68 (26.7%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)43.4%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 44 · G 2D · B 72

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