Colour

#4D115A

#4D115A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#4D115A is a violet with RGB values 77, 17, 90 and HSL 289°, 68%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4D115A

RGBrgb(77, 17, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.0667, 0.3529

RGB percentages30.2%, 6.7%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(289.3, 68.2%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 81.1%, 35.3%)

CMYK14.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,050,714

CSS custom property--colour: #4D115A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.61:1

Contrast with white13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#B2EEA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002A5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#173058no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4D2035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 21 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7 Purple · ΔE 24.2 Indigo · ΔE 27 Dark magenta · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 20.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E5A11

Analogous#28115A, #5A1143

Triadic#5A4D11, #115A4D

Split complementary#435A11, #115A28

Tetradic#5A2811, #1E5A11, #11435A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C758DF

Lighter +30%#B92DD7

Lighter +20%#9621B0

Lighter +10%#721985

Darker −10%#28092F

Darker −20%#040104

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#560467

Less saturated −25%#441E4D

Channel breakdown

R77

G17

B90

Red77 (30.2%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue289.32°

Saturation (HSL)68.22%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4D · G 11 · B 5A

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