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Recognised as Colour

#4703CA

  • #4703CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4703CA is a violet with RGB values 71, 3, 202 and HSL 261°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4703CA#4703CA
HEX#4703CA
RGBrgb(71, 3, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0118, 0.7922
RGB percentages27.8%, 1.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(260.5, 97.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 98.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK64.9%, 98.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,654,026
CSS custom property--colour: #4703CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B8FC35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#005176no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.6Blue violet · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 26.5Blue · ΔE 27.2Dark orchid · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86CA03
Analogous#0322CA, #AB03CA
Triadic#CA4703, #03CA47
Split complementary#CAAB03, #22CA03
Tetradic#CA0322, #86CA03, #03CAAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BD9BFE
Lighter +30%#9C69FD
Lighter +20%#7A37FC
Lighter +10%#5905FB
Darker −10%#350298
Darker −20%#240265
Darker −30%#120133
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#4600CD
Less saturated −25%#4F1DB0

Channel breakdown

R71
G3
B202
Red71 (27.8%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue260.5°
Saturation (HSL)97.07%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 47 · G 03 · B CA

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