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Recognised as Colour

#4909FA

  • #4909FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#4909FA is a violet with RGB values 73, 9, 250 and HSL 256°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#4909FA#4909FA
HEX#4909FA
RGBrgb(73, 9, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0353, 0.9804
RGB percentages28.6%, 3.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(255.9, 96%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 96.4%, 98%)
CMYK70.8%, 96.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,786,682
CSS custom property--colour: #4909FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#B6F605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0049F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#006893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 111.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 8Medium blue · ΔE 17.2Blue violet · ΔE 27.8Dark violet · ΔE 30.4Dark orchid · ΔE 43.1Dark blue · ΔE 46.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAFA09
Analogous#0942FA, #C109FA
Triadic#FA4909, #09FA49
Split complementary#FAC209, #42FA09
Tetradic#FA0942, #BAFA09, #09FAC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDD1FE
Lighter +30%#B89FFD
Lighter +20%#936DFC
Lighter +10%#6E3BFB
Darker −10%#3904CC
Darker −20%#2B039A
Darker −30%#1D0268
Darker −40%#0F0136
More saturated +25%#4704FF
Less saturated −25%#5828DB

Channel breakdown

R73
G9
B250
Red73 (28.6%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue255.93°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 09 · B FA

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