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Recognised as Colour

#4E426F

  • #4E426F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4E426F is a violet with RGB values 78, 66, 111 and HSL 256°, 25%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4E426F#4E426F
HEX#4E426F
RGBrgb(78, 66, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.2588, 0.4353
RGB percentages30.6%, 25.9%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(256, 25.4%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 40.5%, 43.5%)
CMYK29.7%, 40.5%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,128,815
CSS custom property--colour: #4E426F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9:1
Contrast with white9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#B1BD90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#364971no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#37486Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#474A53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.5Steel blue · ΔE 30.5Slate grey · ΔE 31.5Dim grey · ΔE 32Midnight blue · ΔE 33.4Light slate grey · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 20.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#636F42
Analogous#424D6F, #64426F
Triadic#6F4E42, #426F4E
Split complementary#6F6442, #4D6F42
Tetradic#6F424D, #636F42, #426F64

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7AECF
Lighter +30%#9A8EBC
Lighter +20%#7E6EA9
Lighter +10%#64558F
Darker −10%#382F4F
Darker −20%#211C2F
Darker −30%#0B090F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#442C85
Less saturated −25%#585859

Channel breakdown

R78
G66
B111
Red78 (30.6%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue256°
Saturation (HSL)25.42%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 42 · B 6F

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