Colour

#4F059F

#4F059F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4F059F is a violet with RGB values 79, 5, 159 and HSL 269°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4F059F#4F059F

HEX#4F059F

RGBrgb(79, 5, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0196, 0.6235

RGB percentages31%, 2%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(268.8, 93.9%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 96.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK50.3%, 96.9%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,178,783

CSS custom property--colour: #4F059F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.32:1

Contrast with white11.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#B0FA60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003CA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#00389Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#353D5Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.8 Indigo · ΔE 13.3 Navy · ΔE 15.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.8 Blue violet · ΔE 23.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#559F05

Analogous#05089F, #9C059F

Triadic#9F4F05, #059F4F

Split complementary#9F9C05, #089F05

Tetradic#9F0508, #559F05, #059F9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B575FB

Lighter +30%#9B44F9

Lighter +20%#8112F8

Lighter +10%#6807D0

Darker −10%#36036E

Darker −20%#1E023C

Darker −30%#05000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F00A4

Less saturated −25%#501A8B

Channel breakdown

R79

B159

Red79 (31%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue268.83°

Saturation (HSL)93.9%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 05 · B 9F

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