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Recognised as Colour

#4D16BE

  • #4D16BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#4D16BE is a violet with RGB values 77, 22, 190 and HSL 260°, 79%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#4D16BE#4D16BE
HEX#4D16BE
RGBrgb(77, 22, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.0863, 0.7451
RGB percentages30.2%, 8.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(259.6, 79.2%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 88.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK59.5%, 88.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,052,094
CSS custom property--colour: #4D16BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#B2E941

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0040BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#024F70no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Medium blue · ΔE 17.5Dark blue · ΔE 19.1Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Navy · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87BE16
Analogous#1633BE, #A116BE
Triadic#BE4D16, #16BE4D
Split complementary#BEA116, #33BE16
Tetradic#BE1633, #87BE16, #16BEA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3ABF5
Lighter +30%#A37DF0
Lighter +20%#824FEB
Lighter +10%#6222E5
Darker −10%#3A1190
Darker −20%#280B63
Darker −30%#150635
Darker −40%#030107
More saturated +25%#4500D4
Less saturated −25%#5631A3

Channel breakdown

R77
G22
B190
Red77 (30.2%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue259.64°
Saturation (HSL)79.25%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 16 · B BE

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