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Recognised as Colour

#4902CB

  • #4902CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4902CB is a violet with RGB values 73, 2, 203 and HSL 261°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4902CB#4902CB
HEX#4902CB
RGBrgb(73, 2, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0078, 0.7961
RGB percentages28.6%, 0.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(261.2, 98%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 99%, 79.6%)
CMYK64%, 99%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,784,843
CSS custom property--colour: #4902CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B6FD34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#005276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.6Blue violet · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.1Blue · ΔE 26.8Dark blue · ΔE 27.1Dark orchid · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84CB02
Analogous#021FCB, #AE02CB
Triadic#CB4902, #02CB49
Split complementary#CBAE02, #1FCB02
Tetradic#CB021F, #84CB02, #02CBAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BE9BFE
Lighter +30%#9D68FE
Lighter +20%#7C36FD
Lighter +10%#5B03FD
Darker −10%#370298
Darker −20%#250166
Darker −30%#130133
Darker −40%#000001
More saturated +25%#4800CD
Less saturated −25%#511CB1

Channel breakdown

R73
G2
B203
Red73 (28.6%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue261.19°
Saturation (HSL)98.05%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 02 · B CB

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