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Colour

#4C0593

  • #4C0593
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4C0593 is a violet with RGB values 76, 5, 147 and HSL 270°, 93%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4C0593#4C0593
HEX#4C0593
RGBrgb(76, 5, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.0196, 0.5765
RGB percentages29.8%, 2%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(270, 93.4%, 29.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 96.6%, 57.6%)
CMYK48.3%, 96.6%, 0%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,982,163
CSS custom property--colour: #4C0593;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12:1
Contrast with white12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#B3FA6C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003796no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003591no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#373755no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.7Dark blue · ΔE 12.5Navy · ΔE 12.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Dark magenta · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C9305
Analogous#050593, #930593
Triadic#934C05, #05934C
Split complementary#939305, #059305
Tetradic#930505, #4C9305, #059393

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B26AFA
Lighter +30%#9939F8
Lighter +20%#7F08F6
Lighter +10%#6607C4
Darker −10%#330362
Darker −20%#190230
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4C0098
Less saturated −25%#4C1880

Channel breakdown

R76
G5
B147
Red76 (29.8%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)93.42%
Lightness29.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4C · G 05 · B 93

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