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Recognised as Colour

#4A2895

  • #4A2895
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4A2895 is a violet with RGB values 74, 40, 149 and HSL 259°, 58%, 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

#4A2895#4A2895
HEX#4A2895
RGBrgb(74, 40, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1569, 0.5843
RGB percentages29%, 15.7%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(258.7, 57.7%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 73.2%, 58.4%)
CMYK50.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,860,053
CSS custom property--colour: #4A2895;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.35:1
Contrast with white10.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B5D76A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E93no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#31455Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.2Indigo · ΔE 11.8Midnight blue · ΔE 16Navy · ΔE 18.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#739528
Analogous#283C95, #812895
Triadic#954A28, #28954A
Split complementary#958128, #3C9528
Tetradic#95283C, #739528, #289581

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8A3E6
Lighter +30%#997BDB
Lighter +20%#7A52D1
Lighter +10%#5E33BD
Darker −10%#361D6D
Darker −20%#221245
Darker −30%#0E081C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4110AD
Less saturated −25%#53407D

Channel breakdown

R74
G40
B149
Red74 (29%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue258.72°
Saturation (HSL)57.67%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 28 · B 95

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