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Recognised as Colour

#4E04AE

  • #4E04AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#4E04AE is a violet with RGB values 78, 4, 174 and HSL 266°, 96%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4E04AE#4E04AE
HEX#4E04AE
RGBrgb(78, 4, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0157, 0.6824
RGB percentages30.6%, 1.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(266.1, 95.5%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.1, 97.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK55.2%, 97.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,113,006
CSS custom property--colour: #4E04AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B1FB51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0040B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#274465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.8Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Navy · ΔE 20Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21Indigo · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64AE04
Analogous#040FAE, #A304AE
Triadic#AE4E04, #04AE4E
Split complementary#AEA304, #0FAE04
Tetradic#AE040F, #64AE04, #04AEA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B782FC
Lighter +30%#9A50FB
Lighter +20%#7E1EFA
Lighter +10%#6405E0
Darker −10%#38037C
Darker −20%#21024A
Darker −30%#0B0118
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D00B2
Less saturated −25%#511A98

Channel breakdown

R78
G4
B174
Red78 (30.6%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue266.12°
Saturation (HSL)95.51%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 04 · B AE

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