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Recognised as Colour

#4A2486

  • #4A2486
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4A2486 is a violet with RGB values 74, 36, 134 and HSL 263°, 58%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4A2486#4A2486
HEX#4A2486
RGBrgb(74, 36, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1412, 0.5255
RGB percentages29%, 14.1%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(263.3, 57.6%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 73.1%, 52.5%)
CMYK44.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,859,014
CSS custom property--colour: #4A2486;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.12:1
Contrast with white11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#B5DB79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A84no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3A3D52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.5Midnight blue · ΔE 12.4Indigo · ΔE 13.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.2Navy · ΔE 21.8Slate blue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#608624
Analogous#242F86, #7B2486
Triadic#864A24, #24864A
Split complementary#867B24, #2F8624
Tetradic#86242F, #608624, #24867B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B294E2
Lighter +30%#956CD7
Lighter +20%#7943CD
Lighter +10%#602FAE
Darker −10%#34195E
Darker −20%#1E0E36
Darker −30%#07040D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#450F9B
Less saturated −25%#4F3971

Channel breakdown

R74
G36
B134
Red74 (29%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue263.27°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 24 · B 86

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