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Recognised as Colour

#4800AE

  • #4800AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#4800AE is a violet with RGB values 72, 0, 174 and HSL 265°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4800AE#4800AE
HEX#4800AE
RGBrgb(72, 0, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0, 0.6824
RGB percentages28.2%, 0%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(264.8, 100%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.8, 100%, 68.2%)
CMYK58.6%, 100%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,718,766
CSS custom property--colour: #4800AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.13:1
Contrast with white11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#B7FF51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003FB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0037ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#114465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.2Medium blue · ΔE 19.5Navy · ΔE 20.2Dark violet · ΔE 20.9Indigo · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66AE00
Analogous#000FAE, #9F00AE
Triadic#AE4800, #00AE48
Split complementary#AE9F00, #0FAE00
Tetradic#AE000F, #66AE00, #00AE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B27BFF
Lighter +30%#9448FF
Lighter +20%#7615FF
Lighter +10%#5D00E1
Darker −10%#33007B
Darker −20%#1E0048
Darker −30%#090015
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4800AE
Less saturated −25%#4C1698

Channel breakdown

R72
G0
B174
Red72 (28.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue264.83°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 00 · B AE

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