Colour

#4E1487

#4E1487
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4E1487 is a violet with RGB values 78, 20, 135 and HSL 270°, 74%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4E1487#4E1487

HEX#4E1487

RGBrgb(78, 20, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0784, 0.5294

RGB percentages30.6%, 7.8%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(270.3, 74.2%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 85.2%, 52.9%)

CMYK42.2%, 85.2%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,117,063

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1487;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.84:1

Contrast with white11.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#B1EB78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00378Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003685no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#40364Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 4.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9 Navy · ΔE 16.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.9 Dark blue · ΔE 19 Purple · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 4.95, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D8714

Analogous#141487, #871487

Triadic#874E14, #14874E

Split complementary#878714, #148714

Tetradic#871414, #4D8714, #148787

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B47BEC

Lighter +30%#9B4FE5

Lighter +20%#8123DE

Lighter +10%#681BB3

Darker −10%#340D5B

Darker −20%#1B072E

Darker −30%#010002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4E019A

Less saturated −25%#4E2774

Channel breakdown

R78

G20

B135

Red78 (30.6%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue270.26°

Saturation (HSL)74.19%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 14 · B 87

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