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Colour

#4E3978

  • #4E3978
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4E3978 is a violet with RGB values 78, 57, 120 and HSL 260°, 36%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4E3978#4E3978
HEX#4E3978
RGBrgb(78, 57, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2235, 0.4706
RGB percentages30.6%, 22.4%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(260, 35.6%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 52.5%, 47.1%)
CMYK35%, 52.5%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,126,520
CSS custom property--colour: #4E3978;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.63:1
Contrast with white9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#B1C687

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#22457Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#274477no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#454553no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.5Midnight blue · ΔE 22.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7Slate blue · ΔE 31.9Medium purple · ΔE 33.4Purple · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#637839
Analogous#394378, #6D3978
Triadic#784E39, #39784E
Split complementary#786E39, #447839
Tetradic#783944, #637839, #39786E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7A8D5
Lighter +30%#9A85C5
Lighter +20%#7E62B5
Lighter +10%#64499B
Darker −10%#382955
Darker −20%#211833
Darker −30%#0B0810
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#47238E
Less saturated −25%#554F62

Channel breakdown

R78
G57
B120
Red78 (30.6%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)35.59%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 39 · B 78

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