Recognised as Colour

#4A1EAD

#4A1EAD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4A1EAD is a violet with RGB values 74, 30, 173 and HSL 258°, 70%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4A1EAD

RGBrgb(74, 30, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1176, 0.6784

RGB percentages29%, 11.8%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(258.5, 70.4%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 82.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK57.2%, 82.7%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,857,517

CSS custom property--colour: #4A1EAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.09:1

Contrast with white10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#B5E152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003EABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Tritanopia#1A4A67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.5 Indigo · ΔE 16.2 Navy · ΔE 16.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9 Blue violet · ΔE 23 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#81AD1E

Analogous#1E3AAD, #921EAD

Triadic#AD4A1E, #1EAD4A

Split complementary#AD921E, #3AAD1E

Tetradic#AD1E3A, #81AD1E, #1EAD92

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEA7F0

Lighter +30%#9D7CE8

Lighter +20%#7D50E1

Lighter +10%#5D26D8

Darker −10%#371682

Darker −20%#250F56

Darker −30%#12072B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4005C6

Less saturated −25%#543794

Channel breakdown

R74

G30

B173

Red74 (29%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue258.46°

Saturation (HSL)70.44%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4A · G 1E · B AD

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