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Recognised as Colour

#4B3360

  • #4B3360
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4B3360 is a violet with RGB values 75, 51, 96 and HSL 272°, 31%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4B3360#4B3360
HEX#4B3360
RGBrgb(75, 51, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2, 0.3765
RGB percentages29.4%, 20%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(272, 30.6%, 28.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272, 46.9%, 37.6%)
CMYK21.9%, 46.9%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,928,352
CSS custom property--colour: #4B3360;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.82:1
Contrast with white10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#B4CC9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#283C62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E3E5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#483A45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7Midnight blue · ΔE 30.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.7Dim grey · ΔE 35.9Slate grey · ΔE 37.4Steel blue · ΔE 37.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#486033
Analogous#343360, #60335F
Triadic#604B33, #33604B
Split complementary#5E6033, #336034
Tetradic#603533, #486033, #335F60

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B197C8
Lighter +30%#9876B6
Lighter +20%#7F56A3
Lighter +10%#654581
Darker −10%#31213F
Darker −20%#17101D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4C2172
Less saturated −25%#4A454E

Channel breakdown

R75
G51
B96
Red75 (29.4%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue272°
Saturation (HSL)30.61%
Lightness28.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 33 · B 60

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