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Recognised as Colour

#4E1D97

  • #4E1D97
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#4E1D97 is a violet with RGB values 78, 29, 151 and HSL 264°, 68%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4E1D97#4E1D97
HEX#4E1D97
RGBrgb(78, 29, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1137, 0.5922
RGB percentages30.6%, 11.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(264.1, 67.8%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 80.8%, 59.2%)
CMYK48.3%, 80.8%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,119,383
CSS custom property--colour: #4E1D97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.79:1
Contrast with white10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#B1E268

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#38405Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.5Navy · ΔE 14.9Dark blue · ΔE 16Midnight blue · ΔE 21Slate blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66971D
Analogous#1D2997, #8B1D97
Triadic#974E1D, #1D974E
Split complementary#978B1D, #29971D
Tetradic#971D29, #66971D, #1D978B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B895EB
Lighter +30%#9B6BE2
Lighter +20%#7E40DA
Lighter +10%#6425C2
Darker −10%#38156C
Darker −20%#220D41
Darker −30%#0C0417
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A06AE
Less saturated −25%#523381

Channel breakdown

R78
G29
B151
Red78 (30.6%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue264.1°
Saturation (HSL)67.78%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 1D · B 97

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