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Colour

#4E1785

  • #4E1785
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4E1785 is a violet with RGB values 78, 23, 133 and HSL 270°, 71%, 31%. 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

#4E1785#4E1785
HEX#4E1785
RGBrgb(78, 23, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0902, 0.5216
RGB percentages30.6%, 9%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(270, 70.5%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 82.7%, 52.2%)
CMYK41.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,117,829
CSS custom property--colour: #4E1785;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness64.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#B1E87A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003788no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003783no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#41364Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.5Midnight blue · ΔE 16.4Navy · ΔE 17.8Purple · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E8517
Analogous#171785, #851785
Triadic#854E17, #17854E
Split complementary#858517, #178517
Tetradic#851717, #4E8517, #178585

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B47FE9
Lighter +30%#9B54E1
Lighter +20%#8128DA
Lighter +10%#681FB0
Darker −10%#350F5A
Darker −20%#1B082E
Darker −30%#020003
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4E0499
Less saturated −25%#4E2B72

Channel breakdown

R78
G23
B133
Red78 (30.6%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)70.51%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 17 · B 85

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