Recognised as Colour

#4908AA

#4908AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4908AA is a violet with RGB values 73, 8, 170 and HSL 264°, 91%, 35%. 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

#4908AA#4908AA

HEX#4908AA

RGBrgb(73, 8, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0314, 0.6667

RGB percentages28.6%, 3.1%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(264.1, 91%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 95.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK57.1%, 95.3%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,786,346

CSS custom property--colour: #4908AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#B6F755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0038A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Tritanopia#1C4363no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.6 Navy · ΔE 17.7 Indigo · ΔE 19 Blue violet · ΔE 20.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6 Dark violet · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#69AA08

Analogous#0818AA, #9A08AA

Triadic#AA4908, #08AA49

Split complementary#AA9A08, #18AA08

Tetradic#AA0818, #69AA08, #08AA9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B385F9

Lighter +30%#9554F7

Lighter +20%#7723F5

Lighter +10%#5E0ADB

Darker −10%#340679

Darker −20%#1F0349

Darker −30%#0A0118

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4700B2

Less saturated −25%#4D1E94

Channel breakdown

R73

B170

Red73 (28.6%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue264.07°

Saturation (HSL)91.01%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 08 · B AA

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