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Recognised as Colour

#4F08DA

  • #4F08DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4F08DA is a violet with RGB values 79, 8, 218 and HSL 260°, 93%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4F08DA#4F08DA
HEX#4F08DA
RGBrgb(79, 8, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0314, 0.8549
RGB percentages31%, 3.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(260.3, 92.9%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 96.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK63.8%, 96.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,179,610
CSS custom property--colour: #4F08DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#B0F725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0043D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 98.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 8.3Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Dark violet · ΔE 20.1Blue · ΔE 21.6Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8Dark blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93DA08
Analogous#082ADA, #B808DA
Triadic#DA4F08, #08DA4F
Split complementary#DAB808, #2ADA08
Tetradic#DA082A, #93DA08, #08DAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBB2FC
Lighter +30%#AA81FA
Lighter +20%#894FF9
Lighter +10%#671EF7
Darker −10%#3D06A9
Darker −20%#2B0478
Darker −30%#1A0346
Darker −40%#080115
More saturated +25%#4C00E2
Less saturated −25%#5824BE

Channel breakdown

R79
G8
B218
Red79 (31%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue260.29°
Saturation (HSL)92.92%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 08 · B DA

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