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Recognised as Colour

#4D1980

  • #4D1980
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4D1980 is a violet with RGB values 77, 25, 128 and HSL 270°, 67%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4D1980#4D1980
HEX#4D1980
RGBrgb(77, 25, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.098, 0.502
RGB percentages30.2%, 9.8%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(270.3, 67.3%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 80.5%, 50.2%)
CMYK39.8%, 80.5%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,052,800
CSS custom property--colour: #4D1980;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.89:1
Contrast with white11.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#B2E67F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003783no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00377Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#42354Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.9Midnight blue · ΔE 14.4Purple · ΔE 19.8Navy · ΔE 20.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C8019
Analogous#1A1980, #80197F
Triadic#804D19, #19804D
Split complementary#808019, #198019
Tetradic#801919, #4C8019, #197F80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B37FE6
Lighter +30%#9A54DE
Lighter +20%#802AD5
Lighter +10%#6721AB
Darker −10%#331155
Darker −20%#1A082B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D0693
Less saturated −25%#4D2C6D

Channel breakdown

R77
G25
B128
Red77 (30.2%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue270.29°
Saturation (HSL)67.32%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 19 · B 80

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