Recognised as Colour

#4A025C

#4A025C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#4A025C is a violet with RGB values 74, 2, 92 and HSL 288°, 96%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4A025C

RGBrgb(74, 2, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.0078, 0.3608

RGB percentages29%, 0.8%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(288, 95.7%, 18.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 97.8%, 36.1%)

CMYK19.6%, 97.8%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,850,268

CSS custom property--colour: #4A025C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.44:1

Contrast with white14.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#B5FDA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00255Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#042B5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Tritanopia#491B33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 18.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.4 Purple · ΔE 20.7 Indigo · ΔE 21.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 18.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#145C02

Analogous#1D025C, #5C0241

Triadic#5C4A02, #025C4A

Split complementary#415C02, #025C1D

Tetradic#5C1D02, #145C02, #02415C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D230FA

Lighter +30%#C205F2

Lighter +20%#9A04C0

Lighter +10%#72038E

Darker −10%#22012A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B005E

Less saturated −25%#430E50

Channel breakdown

R74

B92

Red74 (29%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)95.74%

Lightness18.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4A · G 02 · B 5C

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