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Colour

#4E327A

  • #4E327A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4E327A is a violet with RGB values 78, 50, 122 and HSL 263°, 42%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4E327A#4E327A
HEX#4E327A
RGBrgb(78, 50, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1961, 0.4784
RGB percentages30.6%, 19.6%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(263.3, 41.9%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 59%, 47.8%)
CMYK36.1%, 59%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,124,730
CSS custom property--colour: #4E327A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#B1CD85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#10417Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1B4078no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#444151no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 7.1Midnight blue · ΔE 17.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Slate blue · ΔE 28.4Indigo · ΔE 28.8Purple · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5E7A32
Analogous#323A7A, #72327A
Triadic#7A4E32, #327A4E
Split complementary#7A7232, #3A7A32
Tetradic#7A323A, #5E7A32, #327A72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6A0D8
Lighter +30%#9A7CC9
Lighter +20%#7E58BA
Lighter +10%#65419E
Darker −10%#372356
Darker −20%#201432
Darker −30%#09060D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#491C90
Less saturated −25%#534865

Channel breakdown

R78
G50
B122
Red78 (30.6%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue263.33°
Saturation (HSL)41.86%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 32 · B 7A

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