Recognised as Colour

#4F00F0

#4F00F0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#4F00F0 is a violet with RGB values 79, 0, 240 and HSL 260°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#4F00F0#4F00F0

HEX#4F00F0

RGBrgb(79, 0, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0, 0.9412

RGB percentages31%, 0%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(259.8, 100%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 100%, 94.1%)

CMYK67.1%, 100%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,177,584

CSS custom property--colour: #4F00F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.11:1

Contrast with white8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#B0FF0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0057F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0047EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00628Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 107.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 11.5 Medium blue · ΔE 14.3 Blue violet · ΔE 24.5 Dark violet · ΔE 26.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 39.6 Dark blue · ΔE 43.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A1F000

Analogous#0029F0, #C700F0

Triadic#F04F00, #00F04F

Split complementary#F0C700, #29F000

Tetradic#F00029, #A1F000, #00F0C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3BDFF

Lighter +30%#B18AFF

Lighter +20%#8E57FF

Lighter +10%#6C24FF

Darker −10%#3E00BD

Darker −20%#2D008A

Darker −30%#1D0057

Darker −40%#0C0024

More saturated +25%#4F00F0

Less saturated −25%#591ED2

Channel breakdown

R79

B240

Red79 (31%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue259.75°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 00 · B F0

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