#411AAA

sRGB: 65 / 26 / 170

#411AAA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 65 red, 26 green and 170 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 256.2° lands in the violet region. Its 73.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 38.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 65, 26, 170
HSL: 256.25°, 73.47%, 38.43%
HSV / HSB: 256.25°, 84.71%, 66.67%
CMYK (approx.): 61.76%, 84.71%, 0.00%, 33.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 9.804, 4.765, 38.435
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 26.054, 53.227, -68.830
WCAG relative luminance: 0.04765
24-bit decimal: 4266666

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #411AAA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 1.95:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 10.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#83AA1A sits half a turn (180°) from #411AAA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#411AAA #83AA1A

Analogous

#1A3BAA and #891AAA sit 30° to either side of #411AAA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#1A3BAA #411AAA #891AAA

Triadic

#411AAA, #AA411A and #1AAA41 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#411AAA #AA411A #1AAA41

Split complementary

Start at #411AAA and look across the wheel. #AA891A and #3BAA1A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#411AAA #AA891A #3BAA1A

Square

Starting with #411AAA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AA1A3B, #83AA1A, then #1AAA89. Across the square, #411AAA pairs with #83AA1A, and #AA1A3B with #1AAA89.

#411AAA #AA1A3B #83AA1A #1AAA89

Tetradic

#411AAA and #83AA1A are opposites, as are #AA1A83 and #1AAA41. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#411AAA #AA1A83 #83AA1A #1AAA41

Tints

Mixing #411AAA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6748BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #D9D1EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#411AAA #6748BB #8D76CC #B3A3DD #D9D1EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #411AAA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #341588, keeps 80% of the original. By #0D0522, the mixture is 80% black.

#411AAA #341588 #271066 #1A0A44 #0D0522 #000000

Tones

Mixing #411AAA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4E2EA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #736C88, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#411AAA #4E2EA2 #5A4399 #675791 #736C88 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#411AAA

RGB

rgb(65 26 170)

HSL

hsl(256.250 73.469% 38.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #411AAA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#411AAA uses 65 red, 26 green and 170 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 25.5%

Green 10.2%

Blue 66.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #411AAA is 61.8% cyan, 84.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 33.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 61.8%

Magenta 84.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 33.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4422AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #42A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #411AAA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #333399, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #4422AA Nearest web-safe: #333399

Gradient to complement

#411AAA #4C3292 #574A7A #626262 #6D7A4A #789232 #83AA1A

Color vision previews

Compare how #411AAA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0042AE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0039A8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#004865

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0037AC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0032A9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#362F95

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#3E3E3E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#3F3082

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.05286 G 0.01033 B 0.40198

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.23562 G 0.11057 B 0.64033

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.04531 G 0.01174 B 0.36766

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.185 y 0.090 Y 4.765

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 74.510 M % 89.804 Y % 33.333

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000001 00011010 10101010