Recognised as Colour

#4B14A9

#4B14A9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4B14A9 is a violet with RGB values 75, 20, 169 and HSL 262°, 79%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4B14A9

RGBrgb(75, 20, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0784, 0.6627

RGB percentages29.4%, 7.8%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(262.1, 78.8%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 88.2%, 66.3%)

CMYK55.6%, 88.2%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,920,489

CSS custom property--colour: #4B14A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#B4EB56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0041ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#234563no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.9 Navy · ΔE 16.1 Indigo · ΔE 16.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.8 Blue violet · ΔE 22.2 Dark violet · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#72A914

Analogous#1428A9, #9514A9

Triadic#A94B14, #14A94B

Split complementary#A99614, #27A914

Tetradic#A91428, #72A914, #14A995

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B896F3

Lighter +30%#9A69ED

Lighter +20%#7B3BE8

Lighter +10%#5F19D7

Darker −10%#370F7B

Darker −20%#23094E

Darker −30%#0E0420

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4600BD

Less saturated −25%#512C91

Channel breakdown

R75

G20

B169

Red75 (29.4%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue262.15°

Saturation (HSL)78.84%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 14 · B A9

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