Recognised as Colour

#4E105E

#4E105E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#4E105E is a violet with RGB values 78, 16, 94 and HSL 288°, 71%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4E105E

RGBrgb(78, 16, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0627, 0.3686

RGB percentages30.6%, 6.3%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(287.7, 70.9%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.7, 83%, 36.9%)

CMYK17%, 83%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,115,998

CSS custom property--colour: #4E105E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.46:1

Contrast with white13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#B1EFA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002B60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Deuteranopia#14305Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4E2137no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 19.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.7 Purple · ΔE 22.3 Indigo · ΔE 24.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#205E10

Analogous#27105E, #5E1047

Triadic#5E4E10, #105E4E

Split complementary#475E10, #105E27

Tetradic#5E2710, #205E10, #10475E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C658E2

Lighter +30%#B72CDB

Lighter +20%#961FB5

Lighter +10%#72178A

Darker −10%#2A0932

Darker −20%#060107

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#56026C

Less saturated −25%#461E50

Channel breakdown

R78

G16

B94

Red78 (30.6%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue287.69°

Saturation (HSL)70.91%

Lightness21.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 10 · B 5E

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