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Recognised as Colour

#4E1B62

  • #4E1B62
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4E1B62 is a violet with RGB values 78, 27, 98 and HSL 283°, 57%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4E1B62#4E1B62
HEX#4E1B62
RGBrgb(78, 27, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1059, 0.3843
RGB percentages30.6%, 10.6%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(283.1, 56.8%, 24.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.1, 72.4%, 38.4%)
CMYK20.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,118,818
CSS custom property--colour: #4E1B62;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness57.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.67:1
Contrast with white12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#B1E49D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003064no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#193460no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4C293Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4Midnight blue · ΔE 19.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.7Purple · ΔE 25Indigo · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2F621B
Analogous#2B1B62, #621B52
Triadic#624E1B, #1B624E
Split complementary#52621B, #1B622B
Tetradic#622B1B, #2F621B, #1B5262

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB71D8
Lighter +30%#A849CD
Lighter +20%#8E31B2
Lighter +10%#6E268A
Darker −10%#2E103A
Darker −20%#0E0512
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#550B72
Less saturated −25%#472B52

Channel breakdown

R78
G27
B98
Red78 (30.6%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue283.1°
Saturation (HSL)56.8%
Lightness24.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 1B · B 62

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