Recognised as Colour

#4C0372

#4C0372
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4C0372 is a violet with RGB values 76, 3, 114 and HSL 279°, 95%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4C0372#4C0372

HEX#4C0372

RGBrgb(76, 3, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.0118, 0.4471

RGB percentages29.8%, 1.2%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(279.5, 94.9%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 97.4%, 44.7%)

CMYK33.3%, 97.4%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,981,618

CSS custom property--colour: #4C0372;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.43:1

Contrast with white13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B3FC8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002C75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Tritanopia#462741no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8 Purple · ΔE 17.7 Navy · ΔE 20.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#297203

Analogous#150372, #720360

Triadic#724C03, #03724C

Split complementary#607203, #037215

Tetradic#721503, #297203, #036072

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BD47FA

Lighter +30%#AB15F9

Lighter +20%#8E06D5

Lighter +10%#6D04A4

Darker −10%#2B0240

Darker −20%#0A000F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D0075

Less saturated −25%#471263

Channel breakdown

R76

B114

Red76 (29.8%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue279.46°

Saturation (HSL)94.87%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4C · G 03 · B 72

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