Recognised as Colour

#4E09D5

#4E09D5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4E09D5 is a violet with RGB values 78, 9, 213 and HSL 260°, 92%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4E09D5

RGBrgb(78, 9, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0353, 0.8353

RGB percentages30.6%, 3.5%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(260.3, 91.9%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 95.8%, 83.5%)

CMYK63.4%, 95.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,114,325

CSS custom property--colour: #4E09D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1

Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#B1F62A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00577Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.3 Blue violet · ΔE 16 Dark violet · ΔE 19.3 Blue · ΔE 23.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.2 Dark blue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90D509

Analogous#092AD5, #B409D5

Triadic#D54E09, #09D54E

Split complementary#D5B409, #2AD509

Tetradic#D5092A, #90D509, #09D5B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C9AEFC

Lighter +30%#A77DFA

Lighter +20%#864DF7

Lighter +10%#651CF5

Darker −10%#3C07A4

Darker −20%#2A0573

Darker −30%#180342

Darker −40%#060111

More saturated +25%#4B00DE

Less saturated −25%#5725B9

Channel breakdown

R78

B213

Red78 (30.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue260.29°

Saturation (HSL)91.89%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 09 · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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