Colour

#4E1472

#4E1472
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4E1472 is a violet with RGB values 78, 20, 114 and HSL 277°, 70%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#4E1472

RGBrgb(78, 20, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0784, 0.4471

RGB percentages30.6%, 7.8%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(277, 70.1%, 26.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277, 82.5%, 44.7%)

CMYK31.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,117,042

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1472;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.6:1

Contrast with white12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#B1EB8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003175no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#003470no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Tritanopia#482C43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.7 Indigo · ΔE 14.7 Purple · ΔE 18.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#387214

Analogous#1F1472, #721467

Triadic#724E14, #14724E

Split complementary#677214, #14721F

Tetradic#721F14, #387214, #146772

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B76DE5

Lighter +30%#A241DE

Lighter +20%#8923C9

Lighter +10%#6C1C9D

Darker −10%#300C47

Darker −20%#13051B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#520383

Less saturated −25%#4A2561

Channel breakdown

R78

G20

B114

Red78 (30.6%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue277.02°

Saturation (HSL)70.15%

Lightness26.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 14 · B 72

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