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Recognised as Colour

#4D2D8B

  • #4D2D8B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4D2D8B is a violet with RGB values 77, 45, 139 and HSL 260°, 51%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4D2D8B#4D2D8B
HEX#4D2D8B
RGBrgb(77, 45, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.1765, 0.5451
RGB percentages30.2%, 17.6%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(260.4, 51.1%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 67.6%, 54.5%)
CMYK44.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,057,931
CSS custom property--colour: #4D2D8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.18:1
Contrast with white10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#B2D274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00428Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#004089no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#3C4358no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.5Midnight blue · ΔE 13.1Indigo · ΔE 17.5Slate blue · ΔE 20.6Purple · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B8B2D
Analogous#2D3C8B, #7C2D8B
Triadic#8B4D2D, #2D8B4D
Split complementary#8B7C2D, #3C8B2D
Tetradic#8B2D3C, #6B8B2D, #2D8B7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8A3E1
Lighter +30%#9A7CD5
Lighter +20%#7D56C8
Lighter +10%#6239B2
Darker −10%#382164
Darker −20%#22143E
Darker −30%#0D0817
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4616A2
Less saturated −25%#544474

Channel breakdown

R77
G45
B139
Red77 (30.2%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue260.43°
Saturation (HSL)51.09%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 2D · B 8B

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