Colour

#4F10CD

#4F10CD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4F10CD is a violet with RGB values 79, 16, 205 and HSL 260°, 86%, 43%. 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#4F10CD

RGBrgb(79, 16, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0627, 0.8039

RGB percentages31%, 6.3%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(260, 85.5%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 92.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK61.5%, 92.2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,181,645

CSS custom property--colour: #4F10CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#B0EF32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004DD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0042CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#005478no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 10.9 Blue violet · ΔE 14.3 Dark violet · ΔE 18 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.6 Dark blue · ΔE 26.1 Blue · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8ECD10

Analogous#102FCD, #AD10CD

Triadic#CD4F10, #10CD4F

Split complementary#CDAE10, #30CD10

Tetradic#CD1030, #8ECD10, #10CDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C8B0F9

Lighter +30%#A881F5

Lighter +20%#8752F1

Lighter +10%#6622EE

Darker −10%#3D0C9E

Darker −20%#2B096E

Darker −30%#18053F

Darker −40%#060110

More saturated +25%#4A00DD

Less saturated −25%#582CB1

Channel breakdown

R79

G16

B205

Red79 (31%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)85.52%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 10 · B CD

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