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Recognised as Colour

#4805BC

  • #4805BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4805BC is a violet with RGB values 72, 5, 188 and HSL 262°, 95%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4805BC#4805BC
HEX#4805BC
RGBrgb(72, 5, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0196, 0.7373
RGB percentages28.2%, 2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(262, 94.8%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 97.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK61.7%, 97.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,720,060
CSS custom property--colour: #4805BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.38:1
Contrast with white10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B7FA43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0044C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004B6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.2Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Dark blue · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 24.2Navy · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79BC05
Analogous#051EBC, #A305BC
Triadic#BC4805, #05BC48
Split complementary#BCA405, #1EBC05
Tetradic#BC051E, #79BC05, #05BCA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B891FC
Lighter +30%#985FFB
Lighter +20%#782EF9
Lighter +10%#5B06EE
Darker −10%#35048A
Darker −20%#220259
Darker −30%#0F0127
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4700C1
Less saturated −25%#4E1DA4

Channel breakdown

R72
G5
B188
Red72 (28.2%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue261.97°
Saturation (HSL)94.82%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 05 · B BC

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