Recognised as Colour

#4A06AC

#4A06AC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4A06AC is a violet with RGB values 74, 6, 172 and HSL 265°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4A06AC#4A06AC

HEX#4A06AC

RGBrgb(74, 6, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.0235, 0.6745

RGB percentages29%, 2.4%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(264.6, 93.3%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 96.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK57%, 96.5%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,851,372

CSS custom property--colour: #4A06AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.98:1

Contrast with white10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#B5F953

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003FB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0038A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Tritanopia#1D4464no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.5 Navy · ΔE 18.7 Blue violet · ΔE 19.8 Indigo · ΔE 20.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6 Dark violet · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68AC06

Analogous#0615AC, #9D06AC

Triadic#AC4A06, #06AC4A

Split complementary#AC9D06, #15AC06

Tetradic#AC0615, #68AC06, #06AC9D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B483FB

Lighter +30%#9652F9

Lighter +20%#7921F7

Lighter +10%#5F08DD

Darker −10%#35047B

Darker −20%#200349

Darker −30%#0A0118

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4900B2

Less saturated −25%#4E1C96

Channel breakdown

R74

B172

Red74 (29%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue264.58°

Saturation (HSL)93.26%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4A · G 06 · B AC

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Colour values

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