Recognised as Colour

#4A1BB5

#4A1BB5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4A1BB5 is a violet with RGB values 74, 27, 181 and HSL 258°, 74%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4A1BB5

RGBrgb(74, 27, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1059, 0.7098

RGB percentages29%, 10.6%, 71%

HSLhsl(258.3, 74%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.3, 85.1%, 71%)

CMYK59.1%, 85.1%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,856,757

CSS custom property--colour: #4A1BB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.93:1

Contrast with white9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#B5E44A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003EB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#084C6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.2 Navy · ΔE 19.2 Blue violet · ΔE 19.4 Indigo · ΔE 20.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.8 Dark violet · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86B51B

Analogous#1B39B5, #971BB5

Triadic#B54A1B, #1BB54A

Split complementary#B5971B, #39B51B

Tetradic#B51B39, #86B51B, #1BB597

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C0AAF2

Lighter +30%#9F7DEC

Lighter +20%#7E51E5

Lighter +10%#5D25DE

Darker −10%#381489

Darker −20%#260E5C

Darker −30%#140730

Darker −40%#010103

More saturated +25%#4001CF

Less saturated −25%#54359B

Channel breakdown

R74

G27

B181

Red74 (29%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue258.31°

Saturation (HSL)74.04%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4A · G 1B · B B5

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