Recognised as Colour

#4C1958

#4C1958
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4C1958 is a violet with RGB values 76, 25, 88 and HSL 289°, 56%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#4C1958

RGBrgb(76, 25, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.098, 0.3451

RGB percentages29.8%, 9.8%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(288.6, 55.8%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 71.6%, 34.5%)

CMYK13.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,987,224

CSS custom property--colour: #4C1958;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.23:1

Contrast with white13.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#B3E6A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#042C5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#1E3256no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Tritanopia#4C2436no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 23 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5 Purple · ΔE 28.3 Indigo · ΔE 31.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#255819

Analogous#2C1958, #581945

Triadic#584C19, #19584C

Split complementary#455819, #19582C

Tetradic#582C19, #255819, #194558

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C069D4

Lighter +30%#AF41C9

Lighter +20%#9130A7

Lighter +10%#6E2480

Darker −10%#2A0E30

Darker −20%#070209

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#550B66

Less saturated −25%#43274A

Channel breakdown

R76

G25

B88

Red76 (29.8%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue288.57°

Saturation (HSL)55.75%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4C · G 19 · B 58

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