HEX Color #425099 (Darkslateblue)

About #425099

The precise color #425099 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Darkslateblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 80 green, and 153 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 57% cyan and 48% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 230.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#425099

RGB66, 80, 153

HSL230.3°, 39.7%, 42.9%

CMYK57%, 48%, 0%, 40%

HSV230.3°, 56.9%, 60.0%

LAB36.4, 17.0, -41.8

XYZ10.9, 9.2, 31.3

Decimal4346009

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#425099 #998A42

Analogous

#427B99 #5F4299

Triadic

#994250 #509942

Tetradic

#99427B #998A42 #42995F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#425099

#5763A4

#6C76AF

#818ABB

#969DC6

#ABB1D1

#C0C4DD

#D5D8E8

#EAEBF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#425099

#3A4788

#333E77

#2C3566

#242C55

#1D2344

#161A33

#0E1122

#070811

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.40:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.84:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.07:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.41:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #425099; }

.text-color { color: #425099; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #425099; }

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