#4400A6

sRGB · 68 / 0 / 166

#4400A6 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 68 red, 0 green and 166 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 264.6° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 32.5% 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 (11.69:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 68, 0, 166
HSL: 264.58°, 100.00%, 32.55%
HSV / HSB: 264.58°, 100.00%, 65.10%
CMYK (approx.): 59.04%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 34.90%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 9.266, 3.982, 36.358
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 23.612, 59.380, -70.447
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03982
24-bit decimal: 4456614

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 #4400A6 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 · 1.80:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 11.69:1

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. 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

#62A600 sits half a turn (180°) from #4400A6 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.

#4400A6 #62A600

Analogous

#000FA6 and #9700A6 sit 30° to either side of #4400A6. 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.

#000FA6 #4400A6 #9700A6

Triadic

#4400A6, #A64400 and #00A644 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4400A6 #A64400 #00A644

Split complementary

Start at #4400A6 and look across the wheel. #A69700 and #0FA600 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4400A6 #A69700 #0FA600

Square

Starting with #4400A6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A6000F, #62A600, then #00A697. Across the square, #4400A6 pairs with #62A600, and #A6000F with #00A697.

#4400A6 #A6000F #62A600 #00A697

Tetradic

#4400A6 and #62A600 are opposites, as are #A60062 and #00A644. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4400A6 #A60062 #62A600 #00A644

Tints

Mixing #4400A6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6933B8, keeps 80% of the original. By #DACCED, the mixture is 80% white.

#4400A6 #6933B8 #8F66CA #B499DB #DACCED #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4400A6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #360085, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E0021, the mixture is 80% black.

#4400A6 #360085 #290064 #1B0042 #0E0021 #000000

Tones

Mixing #4400A6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #501A9E, keeps 80% of the original. By #746688, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4400A6 #501A9E #5C3397 #684D8F #746688 #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

#4400A6

RGB

rgb(68 0 166)

HSL

hsl(264.578 100.000% 32.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4400A6;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4400A6 uses 68 red, 0 green and 166 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 26.7%

Green 0.0%

Blue 65.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4400A6 is 59.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 34.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 59.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 34.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4400AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #40A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4400A6 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #4400AA Nearest web-safe · #330099

Gradient to complement

#4400A6 #491C8A #4E376F #535353 #586F37 #5D8A1C #62A600

Color vision previews

Compare how #4400A6 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.

#003BAA

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.

#0034A4

Tritanopia

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

#0E4060

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.

#002FA8

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.

#002BA5

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#3A2491

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#383838

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.

#3E277F

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 0.05781 G 0.00000 B 0.38133

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 0.24151 G 0.02479 B 0.62474

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.04754 G 0.00192 B 0.34819

CIE xyY

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

x 0.187 y 0.080 Y 3.982

CMY

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

C % 73.333 M % 100.000 Y % 34.902

Binary RGB

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

01000100 00000000 10100110