Colour

#4E1387

#4E1387
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4E1387 is a violet with RGB values 78, 19, 135 and HSL 271°, 75%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4E1387#4E1387

HEX#4E1387

RGBrgb(78, 19, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0745, 0.5294

RGB percentages30.6%, 7.5%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(270.5, 75.3%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 85.9%, 52.9%)

CMYK42.2%, 85.9%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,116,807

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1387;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.88:1

Contrast with white11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#B1EC78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00378Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#003685no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Tritanopia#40354Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2 Navy · ΔE 16.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 18.2 Dark blue · ΔE 18.7 Purple · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.56, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C8713

Analogous#141387, #871386

Triadic#874E13, #13874E

Split complementary#868713, #138714

Tetradic#871413, #4C8713, #138687

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B47AEC

Lighter +30%#9B4DE6

Lighter +20%#8220E0

Lighter +10%#6819B4

Darker −10%#340D5A

Darker −20%#1A062E

Darker −30%#010001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4E009A

Less saturated −25%#4E2674

Channel breakdown

R78

G19

B135

Red78 (30.6%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue270.52°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 13 · B 87

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