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Recognised as Colour

#4E1981

  • #4E1981
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4E1981 is a violet with RGB values 78, 25, 129 and HSL 271°, 68%, 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

#4E1981#4E1981
HEX#4E1981
RGBrgb(78, 25, 129)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.098, 0.5059
RGB percentages30.6%, 9.8%, 50.6%
HSLhsl(270.6, 67.5%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 80.6%, 50.6%)
CMYK39.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,118,337
CSS custom property--colour: #4E1981;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.8:1
Contrast with white11.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#B1E67E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003784no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#00377Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Tritanopia#43354Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.7Midnight blue · ΔE 14.8Purple · ΔE 19.6Navy · ΔE 19.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C8119
Analogous#1A1981, #811980
Triadic#814E19, #19814E
Split complementary#808119, #19811A
Tetradic#811A19, #4C8119, #198081

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B480E6
Lighter +30%#9B55DE
Lighter +20%#822AD6
Lighter +10%#6821AC
Darker −10%#341156
Darker −20%#1A082C
Darker −30%#010001
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4E0694
Less saturated −25%#4E2C6E

Channel breakdown

R78
G25
B129
Red78 (30.6%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue129 (50.6%)
Hue270.58°
Saturation (HSL)67.53%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 19 · B 81

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