Heroku is a cloud platform as a service provider for application hosting. Heroku was founded in 2007, and later in 2010, it was acquired by Salesforce. Heroku Purple is the primary color of the Heroku brand. Read more on Heroku brand guidelines and colors here.
What color is Heroku Purple?
Heroku Purple color belongs to the Violet color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Heroku Purple is #430098, and the RGB color code is RGB(67, 0, 152).
In the RGB color model, Heroku Purple has a red value of 67, a green value of 0, and a blue value of 152. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 55.9% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 40.4% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 266.4° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 29.8 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Heroku Purple has a hue of 266.4° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 59.6 % brightness/value.
Heroku Purple is cool or warm?
The color Heroku Purple is a cool color.
What is the LRV of Heroku Purple? (For interior and product design)
Heroku Purple has an LRV of nearly 3. By LRV value, it is a very dark color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Dark Color
Heroku Purple
Light Color
Compare LRV 3 of Heroku Purple with dark and light Color
Is Heroku Purple Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)
Check if the color Heroku Purple meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.
WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.
- Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
- Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.
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Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Heroku Purple (Other - Brand) color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(266.45deg, 100.0 %, 29.8 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 266.45°
W: 0.00 %
B: 40.39 %
XYZ
X : 7.98
Y : 3.46
Z : 29.95
YXY
Y1 : 3.46
X : 0.19
Y2 : 0.08
CMY
C : 73.73%
M : 100.00%
Y : 40.39%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 21.8
A : 56.03
B : -64.9
CIE-Lch
L : 21.8
C : 85.74
H : 310.8
CIE-Luv
L : 21.8
U : 4.36
V : -73.79
Hunter-Lab
L : 18.6
A : 44.04
B : -82.45
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Heroku Purple (Other - Brand)
Here are the colors similar to Heroku Purple (Other - Brand). Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent colors from Pantone PMS. Conversion of Heroku Purple to Pantone PMS
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Paint similar to Heroku Purple (Other - Brand)
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Heroku Purple (Other - Brand). Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Valspar
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of Heroku Purple to Valspar
Sherwin Williams
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent paint from Sherwin Williams. Conversion of Heroku Purple to Sherwin Williams
PPG Paints
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent paint from PPG Paints. Conversion of Heroku Purple to PPG Paints
Benjamin Moore
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of Heroku Purple to Benjamin Moore
Behr
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of Heroku Purple to Behr
Dunn-Edwards
Heroku Purple similar/equivalent paint from Dunn-Edwards. Conversion of Heroku Purple to Dunn-Edwards
Color Combinations
View more Heroku Purple - #430098 color palettes and coordinating colors
Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Complementary / Opposite Color
430098
Heroku Purple
559800
Olive Drab*
Complementary / Opposite Color
Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.
What is the contrasting color of Heroku Purple - #430098?
Color that best contrast with Heroku Purple - #430098 is #559800,
color name is Olive Drab*
Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways,
Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.
What color compliments Heroku Purple - #430098?
Complementary or Opposite color for Heroku Purple - #430098 is #559800,
color name is Olive Drab*.
Example Color Images and Mockup
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