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Recognised as Colour

#4B0969

  • #4B0969
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4B0969 is a violet with RGB values 75, 9, 105 and HSL 281°, 84%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4B0969#4B0969
HEX#4B0969
RGBrgb(75, 9, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0353, 0.4118
RGB percentages29.4%, 3.5%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(281.3, 84.2%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 91.4%, 41.2%)
CMYK28.6%, 91.4%, 0%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,917,609
CSS custom property--colour: #4B0969;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.62:1
Contrast with white13.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#B4F696

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B6Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#002F67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#47243Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 15.7Midnight blue · ΔE 15.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8Purple · ΔE 19Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5Dark magenta · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 15.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#276909
Analogous#1B0969, #690957
Triadic#694B09, #09694B
Split complementary#576909, #09691B
Tetradic#691B09, #276909, #095769

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BD4EF0
Lighter +30%#AC1FEC
Lighter +20%#8E11C7
Lighter +10%#6D0D98
Darker −10%#29053A
Darker −20%#08010B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4E0072
Less saturated −25%#46175B

Channel breakdown

R75
G9
B105
Red75 (29.4%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue281.25°
Saturation (HSL)84.21%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 09 · B 69

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