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Recognised as Colour

#4A384F

  • #4A384F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#4A384F is a violet with RGB values 74, 56, 79 and HSL 287°, 17%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#4A384F#4A384F
HEX#4A384F
RGBrgb(74, 56, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.2196, 0.3098
RGB percentages29%, 22%, 31%
HSLhsl(287, 17%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 29.1%, 31%)
CMYK6.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,864,079
CSS custom property--colour: #4A384F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.66:1
Contrast with white10.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#B5C7B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#353D50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#393F4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4A3A40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 24.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 26Slate grey · ΔE 30.5Black · ΔE 31.2Gray · ΔE 32.1Light slate grey · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 24.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D4F38
Analogous#3F384F, #4F3848
Triadic#4F4A38, #384F4A
Split complementary#494F38, #384F3F
Tetradic#4F3F38, #3D4F38, #38484F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B29BB8
Lighter +30%#9B7DA3
Lighter +20%#82628B
Lighter +10%#664D6D
Darker −10%#2E2331
Darker −20%#120E13
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#542760
Less saturated −25%#444444

Channel breakdown

R74
G56
B79
Red74 (29%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue286.96°
Saturation (HSL)17.04%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4A · G 38 · B 4F

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