#413459
Oxford Blue · dark cool purple
About #413459
#413459 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 20% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Oxford Blue and Prussian Blue (ΔE 16.3); Prussian Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4C5934 — a hunter green tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #413459 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.29:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #413459?
#413459 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 25% red, 20% green and 35% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 65% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #413459?
Use white text. White on #413459 has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #413459?
Its complementary colour is #4C5934, and analogous partners are #343A59 and #533459.