Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#4A008D

  • #4A008D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4A008D is a violet with RGB values 74, 0, 141 and HSL 271°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4A008D#4A008D
HEX#4A008D
RGBrgb(74, 0, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0, 0.5529
RGB percentages29%, 0%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(271.5, 100%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.5, 100%, 55.3%)
CMYK47.5%, 100%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,849,805
CSS custom property--colour: #4A008D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.53:1
Contrast with white12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#B5FF72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003490no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00328Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#373451no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 5.8Navy · ΔE 12.4Dark blue · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Purple · ΔE 24Dark magenta · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#438D00
Analogous#04008D, #8D0089
Triadic#8D4A00, #008D4A
Split complementary#8A8D00, #008D04
Tetradic#8D0400, #438D00, #008A8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B15AFF
Lighter +30%#9827FF
Lighter +20%#8000F3
Lighter +10%#6500C0
Darker −10%#2F005A
Darker −20%#140027
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A008D
Less saturated −25%#49127B

Channel breakdown

R74
G0
B141
Red74 (29%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue271.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 00 · B 8D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “4a008d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.