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Recognised as Colour

#4E207F

  • #4E207F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4E207F is a violet with RGB values 78, 32, 127 and HSL 269°, 60%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4E207F#4E207F
HEX#4E207F
RGBrgb(78, 32, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1255, 0.498
RGB percentages30.6%, 12.5%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(269.1, 59.7%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 74.8%, 49.8%)
CMYK38.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,120,127
CSS custom property--colour: #4E207F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#B1DF80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003982no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#00397Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#43374Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.1Midnight blue · ΔE 13.1Indigo · ΔE 14.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.4Purple · ΔE 20.9Navy · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#517F20
Analogous#20227F, #7D207F
Triadic#7F4E20, #207F4E
Split complementary#7F7D20, #227F20
Tetradic#7F2022, #517F20, #207F7D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B48AE1
Lighter +30%#9A61D7
Lighter +20%#8038CD
Lighter +10%#672AA8
Darker −10%#351656
Darker −20%#1C0B2E
Darker −30%#030105
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D0C93
Less saturated −25%#4F346B

Channel breakdown

R78
G32
B127
Red78 (30.6%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue269.05°
Saturation (HSL)59.75%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 20 · B 7F

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