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Recognised as Colour

#4E116A

  • #4E116A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4E116A is a violet with RGB values 78, 17, 106 and HSL 281°, 72%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4E116A#4E116A
HEX#4E116A
RGBrgb(78, 17, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0667, 0.4157
RGB percentages30.6%, 6.7%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(281.1, 72.4%, 24.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 84%, 41.6%)
CMYK26.4%, 84%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,116,266
CSS custom property--colour: #4E116A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#B1EE95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002E6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003268no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4B273Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.5Midnight blue · ΔE 16Indigo · ΔE 18Purple · ΔE 19.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.6Dark magenta · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2D6A11
Analogous#21116A, #6A115A
Triadic#6A4E11, #116A4E
Split complementary#5A6A11, #116A21
Tetradic#6A2111, #2D6A11, #115A6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC61E6
Lighter +30%#A935DF
Lighter +20%#8F1FC2
Lighter +10%#6E1896
Darker −10%#2E0A3E
Darker −20%#0D0312
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#540279
Less saturated −25%#48205B

Channel breakdown

R78
G17
B106
Red78 (30.6%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue281.12°
Saturation (HSL)72.36%
Lightness24.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 11 · B 6A

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