Colour

#4B0099

#4B0099
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4B0099 is a violet with RGB values 75, 0, 153 and HSL 269°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4B0099

RGBrgb(75, 0, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0, 0.6

RGB percentages29.4%, 0%, 60%

HSLhsl(269.4, 100%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 100%, 60%)

CMYK51%, 100%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,915,353

CSS custom property--colour: #4B0099;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B4FF66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00389Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003497no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#323958no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 11.7 Indigo · ΔE 11.7 Navy · ΔE 13.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7 Blue violet · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4E9900

Analogous#000199, #980099

Triadic#994B00, #00994B

Split complementary#999800, #019900

Tetradic#990001, #4E9900, #009998

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B166FF

Lighter +30%#9733FF

Lighter +20%#7D00FF

Lighter +10%#6400CC

Darker −10%#320066

Darker −20%#190033

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B0099

Less saturated −25%#4B1386

Channel breakdown

R75

B153

Red75 (29.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue269.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 00 · B 99

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