Colour

#4B268C

#4B268C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4B268C is a violet with RGB values 75, 38, 140 and HSL 262°, 57%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#4B268C

RGBrgb(75, 38, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.149, 0.549

RGB percentages29.4%, 14.9%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(261.8, 57.3%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 72.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK46.4%, 72.9%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,925,068

CSS custom property--colour: #4B268C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.74:1

Contrast with white10.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#B4D973

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003F8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003C8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Tritanopia#384056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.9 Indigo · ΔE 12.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 13.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5 Navy · ΔE 20.6 Slate blue · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#678C26

Analogous#26348C, #7E268C

Triadic#8C4B26, #268C4B

Split complementary#8C7E26, #348C26

Tetradic#8C2634, #678C26, #268C7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B59AE4

Lighter +30%#9772D9

Lighter +20%#7A4ACE

Lighter +10%#6031B4

Darker −10%#361B64

Darker −20%#20103C

Darker −30%#0B0514

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4510A2

Less saturated −25%#513C76

Channel breakdown

R75

G38

B140

Red75 (29.4%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue261.76°

Saturation (HSL)57.3%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4B · G 26 · B 8C

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