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Recognised as Colour

#4B1B60

  • #4B1B60
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4B1B60 is a violet with RGB values 75, 27, 96 and HSL 282°, 56%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4B1B60#4B1B60
HEX#4B1B60
RGBrgb(75, 27, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.1059, 0.3765
RGB percentages29.4%, 10.6%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(281.7, 56.1%, 24.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 71.9%, 37.6%)
CMYK21.9%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,922,208
CSS custom property--colour: #4B1B60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03124WCAG 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 12.92:1
Contrast with white12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#B4E49F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002F62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#17335Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#49293Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3Midnight blue · ΔE 19.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7Purple · ΔE 26.4Indigo · ΔE 27.8Dark magenta · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#30601B
Analogous#281B60, #601B53
Triadic#604B1B, #1B604B
Split complementary#53601B, #1B6028
Tetradic#60281B, #30601B, #1B5360

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B870D7
Lighter +30%#A448CC
Lighter +20%#8931B0
Lighter +10%#6A2688
Darker −10%#2C1038
Darker −20%#0D0510
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#510C6F
Less saturated −25%#452A51

Channel breakdown

R75
G27
B96
Red75 (29.4%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue281.74°
Saturation (HSL)56.1%
Lightness24.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 1B · B 60

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