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Recognised as Colour

#4F00AF

  • #4F00AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#4F00AF is a violet with RGB values 79, 0, 175 and HSL 267°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4F00AF#4F00AF
HEX#4F00AF
RGBrgb(79, 0, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0, 0.6863
RGB percentages31%, 0%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(267.1, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK54.9%, 100%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,177,519
CSS custom property--colour: #4F00AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.76:1
Contrast with white10.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#B0FF50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0040B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#284465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Medium blue · ΔE 20.3Navy · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60AF00
Analogous#0008AF, #A600AF
Triadic#AF4F00, #00AF4F
Split complementary#AFA700, #08AF00
Tetradic#AF0009, #60AF00, #00AFA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B77CFF
Lighter +30%#9B49FF
Lighter +20%#7F16FF
Lighter +10%#6600E2
Darker −10%#38007C
Darker −20%#210049
Darker −30%#0A0016
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4F00AF
Less saturated −25%#511699

Channel breakdown

R79
G0
B175
Red79 (31%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue267.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 00 · B AF

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