Recognised as Colour

#4B15AA

#4B15AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4B15AA is a violet with RGB values 75, 21, 170 and HSL 262°, 78%, 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#4B15AA

RGBrgb(75, 21, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0824, 0.6667

RGB percentages29.4%, 8.2%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(261.7, 78%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 87.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK55.9%, 87.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,920,746

CSS custom property--colour: #4B15AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.57:1

Contrast with white10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#B4EA55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

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

Tritanopia#224664no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13 Navy · ΔE 16.3 Indigo · ΔE 16.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7 Blue violet · ΔE 22 Dark violet · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74AA15

Analogous#152AAA, #9515AA

Triadic#AA4B15, #15AA4B

Split complementary#AA9515, #2AAA15

Tetradic#AA152A, #74AA15, #15AA95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B999F2

Lighter +30%#9A6BED

Lighter +20%#7B3EE7

Lighter +10%#5F1BD7

Darker −10%#370F7D

Darker −20%#230A4F

Darker −30%#0F0422

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4500BF

Less saturated −25%#522D92

Channel breakdown

R75

G21

B170

Red75 (29.4%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue261.74°

Saturation (HSL)78.01%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 15 · B AA

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