Recognised as Colour

#4D00BD

#4D00BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4D00BD is a violet with RGB values 77, 0, 189 and HSL 264°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4D00BD#4D00BD

HEX#4D00BD

RGBrgb(77, 0, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0, 0.7412

RGB percentages30.2%, 0%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(264.4, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK59.3%, 100%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,046,461

CSS custom property--colour: #4D00BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.24:1

Contrast with white10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#B2FF42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0045C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#074A6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14 Blue violet · ΔE 15.7 Dark violet · ΔE 18 Dark blue · ΔE 21.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9 Navy · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#70BD00

Analogous#0011BD, #AC00BD

Triadic#BD4D00, #00BD4D

Split complementary#BDAC00, #11BD00

Tetradic#BD0011, #70BD00, #00BDAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BA8AFF

Lighter +30%#9B57FF

Lighter +20%#7D24FF

Lighter +10%#6200F0

Darker −10%#38008A

Darker −20%#230057

Darker −30%#0F0024

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D00BD

Less saturated −25%#5118A5

Channel breakdown

R77

B189

Red77 (30.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue264.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4D · G 00 · B BD

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