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Recognised as Colour

#4A2E97

  • #4A2E97
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4A2E97 is a violet with RGB values 74, 46, 151 and HSL 256°, 53%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4A2E97#4A2E97
HEX#4A2E97
RGBrgb(74, 46, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.1804, 0.5922
RGB percentages29%, 18%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(256, 53.3%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 69.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK51%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,861,591
CSS custom property--colour: #4A2E97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1
Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#B5D168

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00459Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#004195no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#2F495Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.3Indigo · ΔE 14.7Midnight blue · ΔE 15.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5Slate blue · ΔE 17.7Navy · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B972E
Analogous#2E4797, #7F2E97
Triadic#974A2E, #2E974A
Split complementary#977F2E, #47972E
Tetradic#972E47, #7B972E, #2E977F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBABE6
Lighter +30%#9B84DA
Lighter +20%#7B5DCE
Lighter +10%#5D3ABE
Darker −10%#372270
Darker −20%#241649
Darker −30%#110A22
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3F15B0
Less saturated −25%#55477E

Channel breakdown

R74
G46
B151
Red74 (29%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue256°
Saturation (HSL)53.3%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 2E · B 97

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