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Recognised as Colour

#4B2C88

  • #4B2C88
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4B2C88 is a violet with RGB values 75, 44, 136 and HSL 260°, 51%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4B2C88#4B2C88
HEX#4B2C88
RGBrgb(75, 44, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.1725, 0.5333
RGB percentages29.4%, 17.3%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(260.2, 51.1%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 67.6%, 53.3%)
CMYK44.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,926,600
CSS custom property--colour: #4B2C88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#B4D377

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00418Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3A4256no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.7Midnight blue · ΔE 12.4Indigo · ΔE 18.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.6Purple · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69882C
Analogous#2C3B88, #792C88
Triadic#884B2C, #2C884B
Split complementary#88792C, #3B882C
Tetradic#882C3B, #69882C, #2C8879

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5A0E0
Lighter +30%#9879D4
Lighter +20%#7A53C7
Lighter +10%#6038AF
Darker −10%#362061
Darker −20%#21133B
Darker −30%#0B0714
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#44159F
Less saturated −25%#524272

Channel breakdown

R75
G44
B136
Red75 (29.4%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue260.22°
Saturation (HSL)51.11%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 2C · B 88

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