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Recognised as Colour

#4A289A

  • #4A289A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4A289A is a violet with RGB values 74, 40, 154 and HSL 258°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4A289A#4A289A
HEX#4A289A
RGBrgb(74, 40, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1569, 0.6039
RGB percentages29%, 15.7%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(257.9, 58.8%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 74%, 60.4%)
CMYK51.9%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,860,058
CSS custom property--colour: #4A289A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B5D765

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00439Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#2D465Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.8Indigo · ΔE 11.4Navy · ΔE 17.2Midnight blue · ΔE 18Dark blue · ΔE 19Slate blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#789A28
Analogous#283F9A, #83289A
Triadic#9A4A28, #289A4A
Split complementary#9A8328, #3F9A28
Tetradic#9A283F, #789A28, #289A83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BAA6E8
Lighter +30%#9A7EDD
Lighter +20%#7B55D3
Lighter +10%#5D33C2
Darker −10%#371D72
Darker −20%#231349
Darker −30%#100821
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4010B2
Less saturated −25%#544082

Channel breakdown

R74
G40
B154
Red74 (29%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue257.89°
Saturation (HSL)58.76%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 28 · B 9A

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