Recognised as Colour

#4714AA

#4714AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4714AA is a violet with RGB values 71, 20, 170 and HSL 260°, 79%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4714AA#4714AA

HEX#4714AA

RGBrgb(71, 20, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0784, 0.6667

RGB percentages27.8%, 7.8%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(260.4, 78.9%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 88.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK58.2%, 88.2%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,658,346

CSS custom property--colour: #4714AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.78:1

Contrast with white10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#B8EB55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0041AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#134664no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.5 Navy · ΔE 16 Indigo · ΔE 17.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6 Blue violet · ΔE 22.2 Dark violet · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#77AA14

Analogous#142CAA, #9214AA

Triadic#AA4714, #14AA47

Split complementary#AA9214, #2CAA14

Tetradic#AA142C, #77AA14, #14AA92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B697F3

Lighter +30%#966AED

Lighter +20%#763CE8

Lighter +10%#5A19D8

Darker −10%#340F7C

Darker −20%#21094F

Darker −30%#0E0421

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4100BE

Less saturated −25%#4F2C92

Channel breakdown

R71

G20

B170

Red71 (27.8%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue260.4°

Saturation (HSL)78.95%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 47 · G 14 · B AA

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