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Recognised as Colour

#4B00C4

  • #4B00C4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4B00C4 is a violet with RGB values 75, 0, 196 and HSL 263°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4B00C4#4B00C4
HEX#4B00C4
RGBrgb(75, 0, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0, 0.7686
RGB percentages29.4%, 0%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(263, 100%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 100%, 76.9%)
CMYK61.7%, 100%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,915,396
CSS custom property--colour: #4B00C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#B4FF3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0047C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003CC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004E72no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 11Blue violet · ΔE 15.7Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Dark blue · ΔE 24.4Dark orchid · ΔE 25.9Navy · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79C400
Analogous#0017C4, #AD00C4
Triadic#C44B00, #00C44B
Split complementary#C4AD00, #17C400
Tetradic#C40017, #79C400, #00C4AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB91FF
Lighter +30%#9C5EFF
Lighter +20%#7C2BFF
Lighter +10%#5F00F7
Darker −10%#370091
Darker −20%#24005E
Darker −30%#10002B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B00C4
Less saturated −25%#5118AC

Channel breakdown

R75
G0
B196
Red75 (29.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue262.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 00 · B C4

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