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Recognised as Colour

#4D3281

  • #4D3281
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4D3281 is a violet with RGB values 77, 50, 129 and HSL 261°, 44%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4D3281#4D3281
HEX#4D3281
RGBrgb(77, 50, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.1961, 0.5059
RGB percentages30.2%, 19.6%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(260.5, 44.1%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 61.2%, 50.6%)
CMYK40.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,059,201
CSS custom property--colour: #4D3281;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#B2CD7E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004384no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F417Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#404354no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4Midnight blue · ΔE 15.2Slate blue · ΔE 25Indigo · ΔE 25.4Purple · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#668132
Analogous#323F81, #753281
Triadic#814D32, #32814D
Split complementary#817432, #3F8132
Tetradic#81323E, #668132, #328174

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7A3DC
Lighter +30%#9A7FCD
Lighter +20%#7D5ABF
Lighter +10%#6340A6
Darker −10%#37245C
Darker −20%#211637
Darker −30%#0B0713
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#461C97
Less saturated −25%#54486B

Channel breakdown

R77
G50
B129
Red77 (30.2%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue260.51°
Saturation (HSL)44.13%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 32 · B 81

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