Recognised as Colour

#4F1280

#4F1280
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#4F1280 is a violet with RGB values 79, 18, 128 and HSL 273°, 75%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#4F1280#4F1280

HEX#4F1280

RGBrgb(79, 18, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0706, 0.502

RGB percentages31%, 7.1%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(273.3, 75.3%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 85.9%, 50.2%)

CMYK38.3%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,182,080

CSS custom property--colour: #4F1280;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03653WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.13:1

Contrast with white12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#B0ED7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003583no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#00357Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#45324Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 6.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 16.7 Purple · ΔE 18.6 Navy · ΔE 18.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#438012

Analogous#181280, #80127A

Triadic#804F12, #12804F

Split complementary#7A8012, #128018

Tetradic#801812, #438012, #127A80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B673EB

Lighter +30%#9E46E5

Lighter +20%#861FD9

Lighter +10%#6B18AD

Darker −10%#330C53

Darker −20%#180527

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#510092

Less saturated −25%#4D246E

Channel breakdown

R79

G18

B128

Red79 (31%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue273.27°

Saturation (HSL)75.34%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 12 · B 80

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