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Recognised as Colour

#4E0881

  • #4E0881
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4E0881 is a violet with RGB values 78, 8, 129 and HSL 275°, 88%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4E0881#4E0881
HEX#4E0881
RGBrgb(78, 8, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0314, 0.5059
RGB percentages30.6%, 3.1%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(274.7, 88.3%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 93.8%, 50.6%)
CMYK39.5%, 93.8%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,113,985
CSS custom property--colour: #4E0881;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.53:1
Contrast with white12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#B1F77E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003284no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00337Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#432F4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 3.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.9Navy · ΔE 16.3Dark blue · ΔE 19Purple · ΔE 19Midnight blue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 3.16, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B8108
Analogous#120881, #810877
Triadic#814E08, #08814E
Split complementary#778108, #088112
Tetradic#811208, #3B8108, #087781

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B660F5
Lighter +30%#A030F2
Lighter +20%#880EE1
Lighter +10%#6B0BB1
Darker −10%#310551
Darker −20%#140221
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4F0089
Less saturated −25%#4B1970

Channel breakdown

R78
G8
B129
Red78 (30.6%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue274.71°
Saturation (HSL)88.32%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 08 · B 81

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