Colour

#4F176B

#4F176B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4F176B is a violet with RGB values 79, 23, 107 and HSL 280°, 65%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#4F176B

RGBrgb(79, 23, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.0902, 0.4196

RGB percentages31%, 9%, 42%

HSLhsl(280, 64.6%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 78.5%, 42%)

CMYK26.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,183,339

CSS custom property--colour: #4F176B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.6:1

Contrast with white12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#B0E894

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00316Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#083469no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4B2A40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 16 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7 Indigo · ΔE 19.9 Purple · ΔE 20.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#336B17

Analogous#25176B, #6B175D

Triadic#6B4F17, #176B4F

Split complementary#5D6B17, #176B25

Tetradic#6B2517, #336B17, #175D6B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BA6EE0

Lighter +30%#A644D7

Lighter +20%#8D29BF

Lighter +10%#6E2095

Darker −10%#300E41

Darker −20%#110517

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#54077B

Less saturated −25%#4A275B

Channel breakdown

R79

G23

B107

Red79 (31%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)64.62%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 17 · B 6B

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