Recognised as Colour

#4F03D2

#4F03D2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4F03D2 is a violet with RGB values 79, 3, 210 and HSL 262°, 97%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4F03D2

RGBrgb(79, 3, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0118, 0.8235

RGB percentages31%, 1.2%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(262, 97.2%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262, 98.6%, 82.4%)

CMYK62.4%, 98.6%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,178,322

CSS custom property--colour: #4F03D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.23:1

Contrast with white9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#B0FC2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00557Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.6 Blue violet · ΔE 15.9 Dark violet · ΔE 18.8 Blue · ΔE 24.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.8 Dark blue · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86D203

Analogous#031FD2, #B603D2

Triadic#D24F03, #03D24F

Split complementary#D2B603, #1ED203

Tetradic#D2031F, #86D203, #03D2B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4A3FE

Lighter +30%#A471FD

Lighter +20%#843FFC

Lighter +10%#640CFC

Darker −10%#3C02A0

Darker −20%#29026D

Darker −30%#16013B

Darker −40%#030009

More saturated +25%#4E00D5

Less saturated −25%#561EB7

Channel breakdown

R79

B210

Red79 (31%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue262.03°

Saturation (HSL)97.18%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 03 · B D2

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