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Recognised as Colour

#4B08BB

  • #4B08BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4B08BB is a violet with RGB values 75, 8, 187 and HSL 262°, 92%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4B08BB#4B08BB
HEX#4B08BB
RGBrgb(75, 8, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0314, 0.7333
RGB percentages29.4%, 3.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(262.5, 91.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 95.7%, 73.3%)
CMYK59.9%, 95.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,917,435
CSS custom property--colour: #4B08BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.24:1
Contrast with white10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#B4F744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003CB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004B6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.6Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Dark blue · ΔE 19.7Dark orchid · ΔE 23Navy · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78BB08
Analogous#081EBB, #A408BB
Triadic#BB4B08, #08BB4B
Split complementary#BBA508, #1EBB08
Tetradic#BB081F, #78BB08, #08BBA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB95FA
Lighter +30%#9B64F8
Lighter +20%#7C33F6
Lighter +10%#5F0AEC
Darker −10%#37068A
Darker −20%#240459
Darker −30%#100228
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4900C3
Less saturated −25%#5120A3

Channel breakdown

R75
G8
B187
Red75 (29.4%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue262.46°
Saturation (HSL)91.79%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 08 · B BB

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