Recognised as Colour

#4E0387

#4E0387
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4E0387 is a violet with RGB values 78, 3, 135 and HSL 274°, 96%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#4E0387

RGBrgb(78, 3, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0118, 0.5294

RGB percentages30.6%, 1.2%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(274.1, 95.7%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.1, 97.8%, 52.9%)

CMYK42.2%, 97.8%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,112,711

CSS custom property--colour: #4E0387;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.45:1

Contrast with white12.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#B1FC78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00338Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003385no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Tritanopia#41314Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 1.8 Navy · ΔE 14.3 Dark blue · ΔE 16 Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.4 Purple · ΔE 20.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 1.8, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3C8703

Analogous#0C0387, #87037E

Triadic#874E03, #03874E

Split complementary#7E8703, #03870C

Tetradic#870C03, #3C8703, #037E87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B65BFB

Lighter +30%#A029FA

Lighter +20%#8805EB

Lighter +10%#6B04B9

Darker −10%#310255

Darker −20%#140123

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4E008A

Less saturated −25%#4C1476

Channel breakdown

R78

B135

Red78 (30.6%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue274.09°

Saturation (HSL)95.65%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 03 · B 87

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