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Recognised as Colour

#4E1889

  • #4E1889
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4E1889 is a violet with RGB values 78, 24, 137 and HSL 269°, 70%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4E1889#4E1889
HEX#4E1889
RGBrgb(78, 24, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0941, 0.5373
RGB percentages30.6%, 9.4%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(268.7, 70.2%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.7, 82.5%, 53.7%)
CMYK43.1%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,118,089
CSS custom property--colour: #4E1889;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#B1E776

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00398Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003887no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3F3851no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.9Navy · ΔE 16.8Midnight blue · ΔE 17.3Dark blue · ΔE 19.4Purple · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#538918
Analogous#181A89, #871889
Triadic#894E18, #18894E
Split complementary#898718, #1A8918
Tetradic#89181A, #538918, #188987

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B484E9
Lighter +30%#9A58E2
Lighter +20%#802DDA
Lighter +10%#6720B4
Darker −10%#35105E
Darker −20%#1D0932
Darker −30%#040107
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D049D
Less saturated −25%#4F2C75

Channel breakdown

R78
G24
B137
Red78 (30.6%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue268.67°
Saturation (HSL)70.19%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 18 · B 89

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