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Recognised as Colour

#4B00E1

  • #4B00E1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4B00E1 is a violet with RGB values 75, 0, 225 and HSL 260°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4B00E1#4B00E1
HEX#4B00E1
RGBrgb(75, 0, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0, 0.8824
RGB percentages29.4%, 0%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(260, 100%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 100%, 88.2%)
CMYK66.7%, 100%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,915,425
CSS custom property--colour: #4B00E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B4FF1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0043DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005B84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 102.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.2Blue · ΔE 17Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark violet · ΔE 23.1Dark orchid · ΔE 34.8Dark blue · ΔE 36.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96E100
Analogous#0025E1, #BB00E1
Triadic#E14B00, #00E14B
Split complementary#E1BC00, #26E100
Tetradic#E10026, #96E100, #00E1BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9AEFF
Lighter +30%#A77BFF
Lighter +20%#8548FF
Lighter +10%#6315FF
Darker −10%#3A00AE
Darker −20%#29007B
Darker −30%#180048
Darker −40%#070015
More saturated +25%#4B00E1
Less saturated −25%#541CC5

Channel breakdown

R75
G0
B225
Red75 (29.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 00 · B E1

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