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Recognised as Colour

#4A2796

  • #4A2796
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4A2796 is a violet with RGB values 74, 39, 150 and HSL 259°, 59%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4A2796#4A2796
HEX#4A2796
RGBrgb(74, 39, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1529, 0.5882
RGB percentages29%, 15.3%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(258.9, 58.7%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 74%, 58.8%)
CMYK50.7%, 74%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,859,798
CSS custom property--colour: #4A2796;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#B5D869

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004299no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003D94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#30445Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.8Indigo · ΔE 11.2Midnight blue · ΔE 16.7Navy · ΔE 17.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.7Dark blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#739627
Analogous#273B96, #822796
Triadic#964A27, #27964A
Split complementary#968227, #3C9627
Tetradic#96273B, #739627, #279682

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8A2E7
Lighter +30%#997ADC
Lighter +20%#7A51D2
Lighter +10%#5E32BE
Darker −10%#361C6E
Darker −20%#221245
Darker −30%#0E071D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#410FAE
Less saturated −25%#533F7E

Channel breakdown

R74
G39
B150
Red74 (29%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue258.92°
Saturation (HSL)58.73%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 27 · B 96

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