Recognised as Colour

#4E0EC6

#4E0EC6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4E0EC6 is a violet with RGB values 78, 14, 198 and HSL 261°, 87%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4E0EC6

RGBrgb(78, 14, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0549, 0.7765

RGB percentages30.6%, 5.5%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(260.9, 86.8%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 92.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK60.6%, 92.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,115,590

CSS custom property--colour: #4E0EC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.54:1

Contrast with white9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#B1F139

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004ACAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005174no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.7 Blue violet · ΔE 14.6 Dark violet · ΔE 17.9 Dark blue · ΔE 23.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.2 Navy · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86C60E

Analogous#0E2AC6, #AA0EC6

Triadic#C64E0E, #0EC64E

Split complementary#C6AA0E, #2AC60E

Tetradic#C60E2A, #86C60E, #0EC6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4A7F9

Lighter +30%#A378F5

Lighter +20%#8348F2

Lighter +10%#6318EF

Darker −10%#3B0B96

Darker −20%#280767

Darker −30%#160437

Darker −40%#030107

More saturated +25%#4A00D4

Less saturated −25%#5629AB

Channel breakdown

R78

G14

B198

Red78 (30.6%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue260.87°

Saturation (HSL)86.79%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 0E · B C6

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