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Recognised as Colour

#4B3362

  • #4B3362
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4B3362 is a violet with RGB values 75, 51, 98 and HSL 271°, 32%, 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

#4B3362#4B3362
HEX#4B3362
RGBrgb(75, 51, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.2, 0.3843
RGB percentages29.4%, 20%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(270.6, 31.5%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 48%, 38.4%)
CMYK23.5%, 48%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,928,354
CSS custom property--colour: #4B3362;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.77:1
Contrast with white10.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#B4CC9D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#273D64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D3E61no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#483B45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.5Midnight blue · ΔE 29.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.6Dim grey · ΔE 36.9Steel blue · ΔE 37.6Slate grey · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A6233
Analogous#343362, #623361
Triadic#624B33, #33624B
Split complementary#626233, #336234
Tetradic#623433, #4A6233, #336262

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B198C9
Lighter +30%#9876B8
Lighter +20%#7E56A5
Lighter +10%#654484
Darker −10%#312240
Darker −20%#18101F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B2075
Less saturated −25%#4B464F

Channel breakdown

R75
G51
B98
Red75 (29.4%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue270.64°
Saturation (HSL)31.54%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4B · G 33 · B 62

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