Recognised as Colour

#4913DE

#4913DE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4913DE is a violet with RGB values 73, 19, 222 and HSL 256°, 84%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4913DE

RGBrgb(73, 19, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0745, 0.8706

RGB percentages28.6%, 7.5%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(256, 84.2%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256, 91.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK67.1%, 91.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,789,214

CSS custom property--colour: #4913DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.64:1

Contrast with white8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#B6EC21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0044DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#005D83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.9 Blue violet · ΔE 17.6 Blue · ΔE 21 Dark violet · ΔE 21.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 31.6 Dark blue · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8DE13

Analogous#1342DE, #AF13DE

Triadic#DE4913, #13DE49

Split complementary#DEAF13, #42DE13

Tetradic#DE1342, #A8DE13, #13DEAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2C3FA

Lighter +30%#AE94F6

Lighter +20%#8B65F2

Lighter +10%#6736EE

Darker −10%#3A0FAF

Darker −20%#2A0B80

Darker −30%#1B0751

Darker −40%#0B0322

More saturated +25%#4000F1

Less saturated −25%#5731C0

Channel breakdown

R73

G19

B222

Red73 (28.6%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue255.96°

Saturation (HSL)84.23%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 13 · B DE

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