Recognised as Colour

#4E1379

#4E1379
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4E1379 is a violet with RGB values 78, 19, 121 and HSL 275°, 73%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

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HEX#4E1379

RGBrgb(78, 19, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0745, 0.4745

RGB percentages30.6%, 7.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(274.7, 72.9%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 84.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK35.5%, 84.3%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,116,793

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1379;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.4:1

Contrast with white12.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#B1EC86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00337Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003477no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#462F47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 15 Purple · ΔE 18.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.1 Navy · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E7913

Analogous#1B1379, #791371

Triadic#794E13, #13794E

Split complementary#717913, #13791B

Tetradic#791B13, #3E7913, #137179

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B570E8

Lighter +30%#9F43E2

Lighter +20%#8721D1

Lighter +10%#6A1AA5

Darker −10%#320C4D

Darker −20%#150521

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#51018B

Less saturated −25%#4B2567

Channel breakdown

R78

G19

B121

Red78 (30.6%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue274.71°

Saturation (HSL)72.86%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 13 · B 79

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