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Recognised as Colour

#4C2E77

  • #4C2E77
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4C2E77 is a violet with RGB values 76, 46, 119 and HSL 265°, 44%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4C2E77#4C2E77
HEX#4C2E77
RGBrgb(76, 46, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.1804, 0.4667
RGB percentages29.8%, 18%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(264.7, 44.2%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 61.3%, 46.7%)
CMYK36.1%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,992,631
CSS custom property--colour: #4C2E77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.69:1
Contrast with white10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#B3D188

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#063E79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#163D75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#433D4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.2Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.4Indigo · ΔE 27.4Purple · ΔE 28.7Slate blue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59772E
Analogous#2E3577, #702E77
Triadic#774C2E, #2E774C
Split complementary#77702E, #35772E
Tetradic#772E35, #59772E, #2E7770

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B399D8
Lighter +30%#9775C9
Lighter +20%#7C50BB
Lighter +10%#633C9C
Darker −10%#352052
Darker −20%#1D122D
Darker −30%#060309
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#48198C
Less saturated −25%#504362

Channel breakdown

R76
G46
B119
Red76 (29.8%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue264.66°
Saturation (HSL)44.24%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4C · G 2E · B 77

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