Recognised as Colour

#4B1CA7

#4B1CA7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4B1CA7 is a violet with RGB values 75, 28, 167 and HSL 260°, 71%, 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

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HEX#4B1CA7

RGBrgb(75, 28, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.1098, 0.6549

RGB percentages29.4%, 11%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(260.3, 71.3%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 83.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK55.1%, 83.2%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,922,535

CSS custom property--colour: #4B1CA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05116WCAG 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 10.38:1

Contrast with white10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#B4E358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#003CA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#254763no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13 Indigo · ΔE 13.7 Navy · ΔE 15 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5 Blue violet · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78A71C

Analogous#1C32A7, #911CA7

Triadic#A74B1C, #1CA74B

Split complementary#A7911C, #32A71C

Tetradic#A71C32, #78A71C, #1CA791

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BBA0EF

Lighter +30%#9B74E8

Lighter +20%#7C49E0

Lighter +10%#5F23D3

Darker −10%#37157B

Darker −20%#240D50

Darker −30%#100624

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4304BF

Less saturated −25%#53348F

Channel breakdown

R75

G28

B167

Red75 (29.4%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue260.29°

Saturation (HSL)71.28%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 1C · B A7

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