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Recognised as Colour

#4E00D3

  • #4E00D3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4E00D3 is a violet with RGB values 78, 0, 211 and HSL 262°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4E00D3#4E00D3
HEX#4E00D3
RGBrgb(78, 0, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0, 0.8275
RGB percentages30.6%, 0%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(262.2, 100%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 100%, 82.7%)
CMYK63%, 100%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,112,019
CSS custom property--colour: #4E00D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.27:1
Contrast with white9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B1FF2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00557Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.2Blue violet · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.3Blue · ΔE 23.5Dark orchid · ΔE 29.7Dark blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85D300
Analogous#001CD3, #B700D3
Triadic#D34E00, #00D34E
Split complementary#D3B700, #1CD300
Tetradic#D3001C, #85D300, #00D3B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3A0FF
Lighter +30%#A36DFF
Lighter +20%#833AFF
Lighter +10%#6307FF
Darker −10%#3B00A0
Darker −20%#28006D
Darker −30%#15003A
Darker −40%#030007
More saturated +25%#4E00D3
Less saturated −25%#551AB9

Channel breakdown

R78
G0
B211
Red78 (30.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue262.18°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 00 · B D3

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