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Recognised as Colour

#4D159E

  • #4D159E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4D159E is a violet with RGB values 77, 21, 158 and HSL 265°, 77%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4D159E#4D159E
HEX#4D159E
RGBrgb(77, 21, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.0824, 0.6196
RGB percentages30.2%, 8.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(264.5, 76.5%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 86.7%, 62%)
CMYK51.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,051,806
CSS custom property--colour: #4D159E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.96:1
Contrast with white10.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#B2EA61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003EA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#32405Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.5Dark blue · ΔE 12.7Navy · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Dark magenta · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#669E15
Analogous#15229E, #92159E
Triadic#9E4D15, #159E4D
Split complementary#9E9215, #219E15
Tetradic#9E1521, #669E15, #159E92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B78FF0
Lighter +30%#9A62EA
Lighter +20%#7D35E4
Lighter +10%#631BCB
Darker −10%#370F71
Darker −20%#210944
Darker −30%#0B0317
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4900B3
Less saturated −25%#512B88

Channel breakdown

R77
G21
B158
Red77 (30.2%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue264.53°
Saturation (HSL)76.54%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 15 · B 9E

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