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Recognised as Colour

#4D387D

  • #4D387D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4D387D is a violet with RGB values 77, 56, 125 and HSL 258°, 38%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4D387D#4D387D
HEX#4D387D
RGBrgb(77, 56, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.2196, 0.4902
RGB percentages30.2%, 22%, 49%
HSLhsl(258.3, 38.1%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.3, 55.2%, 49%)
CMYK38.4%, 55.2%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,060,733
CSS custom property--colour: #4D387D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#B2C782

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1B457Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#20447Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#414655no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6.2Midnight blue · ΔE 19.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.8Medium purple · ΔE 31.2Indigo · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#687D38
Analogous#38467D, #6F387D
Triadic#7D4D38, #387D4D
Split complementary#7D6F38, #467D38
Tetradic#7D3846, #687D38, #387D6F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7A9D8
Lighter +30%#9A85C9
Lighter +20%#7D62B9
Lighter +10%#6348A0
Darker −10%#37285A
Darker −20%#221837
Darker −30%#0C0913
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#442194
Less saturated −25%#564F66

Channel breakdown

R77
G56
B125
Red77 (30.2%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue258.26°
Saturation (HSL)38.12%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4D · G 38 · B 7D

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