Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#4C1EBB

  • #4C1EBB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#4C1EBB is a violet with RGB values 76, 30, 187 and HSL 258°, 72%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4C1EBB#4C1EBB
HEX#4C1EBB
RGBrgb(76, 30, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.1176, 0.7333
RGB percentages29.8%, 11.8%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(257.6, 72.4%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 84%, 73.3%)
CMYK59.4%, 84%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,988,603
CSS custom property--colour: #4C1EBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#B3E144

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#03506Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.9Blue violet · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.6Navy · ΔE 21.1Medium blue · ΔE 21.3Dark violet · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DBB1E
Analogous#1E3FBB, #9A1EBB
Triadic#BB4C1E, #1EBB4C
Split complementary#BB9B1E, #3EBB1E
Tetradic#BB1E3F, #8DBB1E, #1EBB9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5B2F3
Lighter +30%#A486EC
Lighter +20%#835AE5
Lighter +10%#622EDE
Darker −10%#3A178F
Darker −20%#281063
Darker −30%#160937
Darker −40%#05020B
More saturated +25%#4103D6
Less saturated −25%#5739A0

Channel breakdown

R76
G30
B187
Red76 (29.8%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue257.58°
Saturation (HSL)72.35%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4C · G 1E · B BB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “4c1ebb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.