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Recognised as Colour

#4804CA

  • #4804CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4804CA is a violet with RGB values 72, 4, 202 and HSL 261°, 96%, 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

#4804CA#4804CA
HEX#4804CA
RGBrgb(72, 4, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0157, 0.7922
RGB percentages28.2%, 1.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(260.6, 96.1%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 98%, 79.2%)
CMYK64.4%, 98%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,719,818
CSS custom property--colour: #4804CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#212121
Inverted#B7FB35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#005176no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.9Blue violet · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Dark blue · ΔE 26.4Blue · ΔE 27.4Dark orchid · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86CA04
Analogous#0423CA, #AB04CA
Triadic#CA4804, #04CA48
Split complementary#CAAB04, #23CA04
Tetradic#CA0423, #86CA04, #04CAAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BE9DFD
Lighter +30%#9D6BFC
Lighter +20%#7C39FB
Lighter +10%#5A07FA
Darker −10%#360398
Darker −20%#240266
Darker −30%#130134
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#4700CE
Less saturated −25%#501EB0

Channel breakdown

R72
G4
B202
Red72 (28.2%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue260.61°
Saturation (HSL)96.12%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 04 · B CA

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