Recognised as Colour

#4E06A6

#4E06A6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4E06A6 is a violet with RGB values 78, 6, 166 and HSL 267°, 93%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4E06A6

RGBrgb(78, 6, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0235, 0.651

RGB percentages30.6%, 2.4%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(267, 93%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267, 96.4%, 65.1%)

CMYK53%, 96.4%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,113,510

CSS custom property--colour: #4E06A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.05:1

Contrast with white11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#B1F959

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003EAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#2E4060no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.5 Indigo · ΔE 16.7 Navy · ΔE 17 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.6 Blue violet · ΔE 21.4 Dark violet · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5EA606

Analogous#060EA6, #9E06A6

Triadic#A64E06, #06A64E

Split complementary#A69E06, #0EA606

Tetradic#A6060E, #5EA606, #06A69E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B67EFA

Lighter +30%#9A4CF9

Lighter +20%#7E1BF7

Lighter +10%#6508D7

Darker −10%#370475

Darker −20%#200244

Darker −30%#090112

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D00AC

Less saturated −25%#501C91

Channel breakdown

R78

B166

Red78 (30.6%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue267°

Saturation (HSL)93.02%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 06 · B A6

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