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Recognised as Colour

#4B05DA

  • #4B05DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4B05DA is a violet with RGB values 75, 5, 218 and HSL 260°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4B05DA#4B05DA
HEX#4B05DA
RGBrgb(75, 5, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0196, 0.8549
RGB percentages29.4%, 2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(259.7, 95.5%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.7, 97.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK65.6%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,916,698
CSS custom property--colour: #4B05DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06666WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9:1
Contrast with white9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#B4FA25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0042D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.7Blue violet · ΔE 18Blue · ΔE 20.7Dark violet · ΔE 21Dark orchid · ΔE 31.8Dark blue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94DA05
Analogous#0529DA, #B505DA
Triadic#DA4B05, #05DA4B
Split complementary#DAB605, #29DA05
Tetradic#DA052A, #94DA05, #05DAB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8AEFD
Lighter +30%#A67CFC
Lighter +20%#844AFB
Lighter +10%#6218FA
Darker −10%#3A04A8
Darker −20%#290376
Darker −30%#180244
Darker −40%#060013
More saturated +25%#4900DF
Less saturated −25%#5521BE

Channel breakdown

R75
G5
B218
Red75 (29.4%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue259.72°
Saturation (HSL)95.52%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 05 · B DA

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