Recognised as Colour

#4B18AA

#4B18AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4B18AA is a violet with RGB values 75, 24, 170 and HSL 261°, 75%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4B18AA#4B18AA

HEX#4B18AA

RGBrgb(75, 24, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0941, 0.6667

RGB percentages29.4%, 9.4%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(261, 75.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261, 85.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK55.9%, 85.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,921,514

CSS custom property--colour: #4B18AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.45:1

Contrast with white10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#B4E755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0042AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#003CA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Tritanopia#224765no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13 Indigo · ΔE 15.8 Navy · ΔE 16 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7 Blue violet · ΔE 22.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#77AA18

Analogous#182EAA, #9418AA

Triadic#AA4B18, #18AA4B

Split complementary#AA9418, #2EAA18

Tetradic#AA182E, #77AA18, #18AA94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BA9DF1

Lighter +30%#9B70EB

Lighter +20%#7C43E5

Lighter +10%#5F1ED7

Darker −10%#37127D

Darker −20%#240B51

Darker −30%#100524

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4400C2

Less saturated −25%#523092

Channel breakdown

R75

G24

B170

Red75 (29.4%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue260.96°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 18 · B AA

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