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Recognised as Colour

#4E0460

  • #4E0460
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#4E0460 is a violet with RGB values 78, 4, 96 and HSL 288°, 92%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#4E0460#4E0460
HEX#4E0460
RGBrgb(78, 4, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0157, 0.3765
RGB percentages30.6%, 1.6%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(288.3, 92%, 19.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 95.8%, 37.6%)
CMYK18.7%, 95.8%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,112,928
CSS custom property--colour: #4E0460;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.91:1
Contrast with white13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#B1FB9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002862no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#082E5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4D1D36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.1Purple · ΔE 19.2Indigo · ΔE 20Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9Dark magenta · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#166004
Analogous#200460, #600444
Triadic#604E04, #04604E
Split complementary#446004, #046020
Tetradic#602004, #166004, #044460

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D239F7
Lighter +30%#C50AF3
Lighter +20%#9E08C2
Lighter +10%#760691
Darker −10%#26022F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#500064
Less saturated −25%#461054

Channel breakdown

R78
G4
B96
Red78 (30.6%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue288.26°
Saturation (HSL)92%
Lightness19.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 04 · B 60

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