Recognised as Colour

#4B126A

#4B126A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#4B126A is a violet with RGB values 75, 18, 106 and HSL 279°, 71%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4B126A

RGBrgb(75, 18, 106)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0706, 0.4157

RGB percentages29.4%, 7.1%, 41.6%

HSLhsl(278.9, 71%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 83%, 41.6%)

CMYK29.2%, 83%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,919,914

CSS custom property--colour: #4B126A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.18:1

Contrast with white13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#B4ED95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002E6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003168no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#46283Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 14.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.5 Indigo · ΔE 18 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.9 Purple · ΔE 20.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#316A12

Analogous#1F126A, #6A125D

Triadic#6A4B12, #126A4B

Split complementary#5D6A12, #126A1F

Tetradic#6A1F12, #316A12, #125D6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B763E5

Lighter +30%#A338DD

Lighter +20%#8921C1

Lighter +10%#6A1996

Darker −10%#2C0B3E

Darker −20%#0D0313

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#50037A

Less saturated −25%#46225A

Channel breakdown

R75

G18

B106

Red75 (29.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue106 (41.6%)

Hue278.86°

Saturation (HSL)70.97%

Lightness24.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 12 · B 6A

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