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Recognised as Colour

#4B0362

  • #4B0362
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#4B0362 is a violet with RGB values 75, 3, 98 and HSL 285°, 94%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#4B0362#4B0362
HEX#4B0362
RGBrgb(75, 3, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0118, 0.3843
RGB percentages29.4%, 1.2%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(285.5, 94.1%, 19.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 96.9%, 38.4%)
CMYK23.5%, 96.9%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,916,066
CSS custom property--colour: #4B0362;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.11:1
Contrast with white14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#B4FC9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002864no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Deuteranopia#002D60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#491F37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.5Indigo · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.2Purple · ΔE 19.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8Dark magenta · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A6203
Analogous#1B0362, #62034A
Triadic#624B03, #03624B
Split complementary#4A6203, #03621B
Tetradic#621B03, #1A6203, #034A62

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CA38F9
Lighter +30%#BD08F6
Lighter +20%#9706C5
Lighter +10%#710593
Darker −10%#250131
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D0065
Less saturated −25%#441055

Channel breakdown

R75
G3
B98
Red75 (29.4%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue285.47°
Saturation (HSL)94.06%
Lightness19.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 03 · B 62

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