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Recognised as Colour

#4E1B6D

  • #4E1B6D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4E1B6D is a violet with RGB values 78, 27, 109 and HSL 277°, 60%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4E1B6D#4E1B6D
HEX#4E1B6D
RGBrgb(78, 27, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1059, 0.4275
RGB percentages30.6%, 10.6%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(277.3, 60.3%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 75.2%, 42.7%)
CMYK28.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,118,829
CSS custom property--colour: #4E1B6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.34:1
Contrast with white12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#B1E492

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00336Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#08356Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#492E42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3Midnight blue · ΔE 15.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.1Indigo · ΔE 20.7Purple · ΔE 21.8Dark magenta · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A6D1B
Analogous#251B6D, #6D1B63
Triadic#6D4E1B, #1B6D4E
Split complementary#636D1B, #1B6D25
Tetradic#6D251B, #3A6D1B, #1B636D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B677DD
Lighter +30%#A14ED3
Lighter +20%#882FBF
Lighter +10%#6B2596
Darker −10%#311144
Darker −20%#13071B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#520A7E
Less saturated −25%#4A2C5C

Channel breakdown

R78
G27
B109
Red78 (30.6%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue277.32°
Saturation (HSL)60.29%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 1B · B 6D

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