Recognised as Colour

#4920BA

#4920BA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4920BA is a violet with RGB values 73, 32, 186 and HSL 256°, 71%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4920BA#4920BA

HEX#4920BA

RGBrgb(73, 32, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1255, 0.7294

RGB percentages28.6%, 12.5%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(256, 70.6%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256, 82.8%, 72.9%)

CMYK60.8%, 82.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,792,506

CSS custom property--colour: #4920BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.55:1

Contrast with white9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#B6DF45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004ABEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00506Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.2 Blue violet · ΔE 18.9 Navy · ΔE 20.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 21 Indigo · ΔE 21.9 Medium blue · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#91BA20

Analogous#2044BA, #9620BA

Triadic#BA4920, #20BA49

Split complementary#BA9620, #44BA20

Tetradic#BA2044, #91BA20, #20BA96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4B4F2

Lighter +30%#A388EB

Lighter +20%#815DE3

Lighter +10%#5F31DC

Darker −10%#38198E

Darker −20%#271163

Darker −30%#160A37

Darker −40%#05020C

More saturated +25%#3C05D5

Less saturated −25%#563B9F

Channel breakdown

R73

G32

B186

Red73 (28.6%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue255.97°

Saturation (HSL)70.64%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 20 · B BA

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