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Colour

#4A258D

  • #4A258D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4A258D is a violet with RGB values 74, 37, 141 and HSL 261°, 58%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4A258D#4A258D
HEX#4A258D
RGBrgb(74, 37, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1451, 0.5529
RGB percentages29%, 14.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(261.3, 58.4%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 73.8%, 55.3%)
CMYK47.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,859,277
CSS custom property--colour: #4A258D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.82:1
Contrast with white10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#B5DA72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#364056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.4Indigo · ΔE 11.9Midnight blue · ΔE 14Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5Navy · ΔE 19.6Slate blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#688D25
Analogous#25348D, #7E258D
Triadic#8D4A25, #258D4A
Split complementary#8D7E25, #348D25
Tetradic#8D2534, #688D25, #258D7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B49AE4
Lighter +30%#9671DA
Lighter +20%#7949CF
Lighter +10%#5F30B5
Darker −10%#351A65
Darker −20%#20103C
Darker −30%#0A0514
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#440FA3
Less saturated −25%#503B77

Channel breakdown

R74
G37
B141
Red74 (29%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue261.35°
Saturation (HSL)58.43%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 25 · B 8D

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