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Recognised as Colour

#4D2997

  • #4D2997
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4D2997 is a violet with RGB values 77, 41, 151 and HSL 260°, 57%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4D2997#4D2997
HEX#4D2997
RGBrgb(77, 41, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.1608, 0.5922
RGB percentages30.2%, 16.1%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(259.6, 57.3%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 72.8%, 59.2%)
CMYK49%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,056,919
CSS custom property--colour: #4D2997;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#B2D668

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00439Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003F95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#35465Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.8Indigo · ΔE 11.8Midnight blue · ΔE 16.8Navy · ΔE 18.8Slate blue · ΔE 19Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#739729
Analogous#293C97, #842997
Triadic#974D29, #29974D
Split complementary#978429, #3C9729
Tetradic#97293C, #739729, #299784

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBA5E7
Lighter +30%#9C7DDC
Lighter +20%#7E55D1
Lighter +10%#6134BF
Darker −10%#391E6F
Darker −20%#241347
Darker −30%#10081F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4511AF
Less saturated −25%#55417F

Channel breakdown

R77
G41
B151
Red77 (30.2%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue259.64°
Saturation (HSL)57.29%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 29 · B 97

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