Colour

#4F009B

#4F009B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4F009B is a violet with RGB values 79, 0, 155 and HSL 271°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4F009B#4F009B

HEX#4F009B

RGBrgb(79, 0, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0, 0.6078

RGB percentages31%, 0%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(270.6, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK49%, 100%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,177,499

CSS custom property--colour: #4F009B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.63:1

Contrast with white11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#B0FF64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00399Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#003699no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#383A59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 12.2 Dark blue · ΔE 12.7 Navy · ΔE 14.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.8 Blue violet · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4C9B00

Analogous#01009B, #9B009A

Triadic#9B4F00, #009B4F

Split complementary#9A9B00, #009B01

Tetradic#9B0100, #4C9B00, #009A9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B568FF

Lighter +30%#9C35FF

Lighter +20%#8302FF

Lighter +10%#6900CE

Darker −10%#350068

Darker −20%#1B0035

Darker −30%#010002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F009B

Less saturated −25%#4F1388

Channel breakdown

R79

B155

Red79 (31%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue270.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 00 · B 9B

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