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Recognised as Colour

#4A3677

  • #4A3677
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4A3677 is a violet with RGB values 74, 54, 119 and HSL 258°, 38%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4A3677#4A3677
HEX#4A3677
RGBrgb(74, 54, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2118, 0.4667
RGB percentages29%, 21.2%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(258.5, 37.6%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 54.6%, 46.7%)
CMYK37.8%, 54.6%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,863,607
CSS custom property--colour: #4A3677;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.07:1
Contrast with white10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#B5C988

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1C4279no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#214175no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#3F4351no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.4Midnight blue · ΔE 20.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7Slate blue · ΔE 31.3Medium purple · ΔE 33.5Indigo · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#637736
Analogous#364377, #6A3677
Triadic#774A36, #36774A
Split complementary#776A36, #437736
Tetradic#773643, #637736, #36776A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3A4D5
Lighter +30%#9680C6
Lighter +20%#795DB6
Lighter +10%#60469A
Darker −10%#342654
Darker −20%#1E1631
Darker −30%#09060E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#42208D
Less saturated −25%#524C61

Channel breakdown

R74
G54
B119
Red74 (29%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue258.46°
Saturation (HSL)37.57%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 36 · B 77

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