Recognised as Colour

#4B15A7

#4B15A7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4B15A7 is a violet with RGB values 75, 21, 167 and HSL 262°, 78%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4B15A7

RGBrgb(75, 21, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0824, 0.6549

RGB percentages29.4%, 8.2%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(262.2, 77.7%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 87.4%, 65.5%)

CMYK55.1%, 87.4%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,920,743

CSS custom property--colour: #4B15A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.69:1

Contrast with white10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#B4EA58

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0041ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#254462no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.6 Indigo · ΔE 15 Navy · ΔE 15.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9 Blue violet · ΔE 23.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#71A715

Analogous#1528A7, #9415A7

Triadic#A74B15, #15A74B

Split complementary#A79415, #28A715

Tetradic#A71528, #71A715, #15A794

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B896F2

Lighter +30%#9969EC

Lighter +20%#7B3CE6

Lighter +10%#5F1BD4

Darker −10%#370F7A

Darker −20%#220A4C

Darker −30%#0E041F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4600BC

Less saturated −25%#512D90

Channel breakdown

R75

G21

B167

Red75 (29.4%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue262.19°

Saturation (HSL)77.66%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 15 · B A7

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