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Recognised as Colour

#4E3969

  • #4E3969
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4E3969 is a violet with RGB values 78, 57, 105 and HSL 266°, 30%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4E3969#4E3969
HEX#4E3969
RGBrgb(78, 57, 105)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2235, 0.4118
RGB percentages30.6%, 22.4%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(266.3, 29.6%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 45.7%, 41.2%)
CMYK25.7%, 45.7%, 0%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,126,505
CSS custom property--colour: #4E3969;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05566WCAG 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 9.94:1
Contrast with white9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#B1C696

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D426Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#314368no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#49414Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5Midnight blue · ΔE 30.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.2Steel blue · ΔE 35.1Dim grey · ΔE 35.8Slate grey · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#546939
Analogous#393C69, #663969
Triadic#694E39, #39694E
Split complementary#696639, #3C6939
Tetradic#69393C, #546939, #396966

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4A2CC
Lighter +30%#9A81BA
Lighter +20%#7F60A8
Lighter +10%#674B8A
Darker −10%#352748
Darker −20%#1D1527
Darker −30%#040306
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B257D
Less saturated −25%#514D55

Channel breakdown

R78
G57
B105
Red78 (30.6%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue266.25°
Saturation (HSL)29.63%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 39 · B 69

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