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Recognised as Colour

#4F08C6

  • #4F08C6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4F08C6 is a violet with RGB values 79, 8, 198 and HSL 262°, 92%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4F08C6#4F08C6
HEX#4F08C6
RGBrgb(79, 8, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0314, 0.7765
RGB percentages31%, 3.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(262.4, 92.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 96%, 77.6%)
CMYK60.1%, 96%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,179,590
CSS custom property--colour: #4F08C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#B0F739

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0049CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#005074no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.1Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.6Dark blue · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7Navy · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FC608
Analogous#0820C6, #AE08C6
Triadic#C64F08, #08C64F
Split complementary#C6AE08, #20C608
Tetradic#C60820, #7FC608, #08C6AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C19FFB
Lighter +30%#A26EF9
Lighter +20%#823DF7
Lighter +10%#630CF5
Darker −10%#3B0695
Darker −20%#280464
Darker −30%#140233
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#4D00CE
Less saturated −25%#5622AC

Channel breakdown

R79
G8
B198
Red79 (31%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue262.42°
Saturation (HSL)92.23%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 08 · B C6

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