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Recognised as Colour

#4E3C79

  • #4E3C79
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4E3C79 is a violet with RGB values 78, 60, 121 and HSL 258°, 34%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4E3C79#4E3C79
HEX#4E3C79
RGBrgb(78, 60, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2353, 0.4745
RGB percentages30.6%, 23.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(257.7, 33.7%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.7, 50.4%, 47.5%)
CMYK35.5%, 50.4%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,127,289
CSS custom property--colour: #4E3C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#B1C386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#27477Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A4678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#444854no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.5Midnight blue · ΔE 24.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.2Slate blue · ΔE 32.7Medium purple · ΔE 33.8Steel blue · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67793C
Analogous#3C4979, #6C3C79
Triadic#794E3C, #3C794E
Split complementary#796C3C, #49793C
Tetradic#793C49, #67793C, #3C796C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8ABD6
Lighter +30%#9B89C5
Lighter +20%#7E67B4
Lighter +10%#644D9B
Darker −10%#382B57
Darker −20%#221A35
Darker −30%#0C0913
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#452590
Less saturated −25%#575362

Channel breakdown

R78
G60
B121
Red78 (30.6%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue257.7°
Saturation (HSL)33.7%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 3C · B 79

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