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Recognised as Colour

#4F206B

  • #4F206B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#4F206B is a violet with RGB values 79, 32, 107 and HSL 278°, 54%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#4F206B#4F206B
HEX#4F206B
RGBrgb(79, 32, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.1255, 0.4196
RGB percentages31%, 12.5%, 42%
HSLhsl(277.6, 54%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 70.1%, 42%)
CMYK26.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,185,643
CSS custom property--colour: #4F206B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#B0DF94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00346Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#153769no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4B3042no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.7Midnight blue · ΔE 17Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5Purple · ΔE 24.1Indigo · ΔE 24.6Dark magenta · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C6B20
Analogous#2A206B, #6B2062
Triadic#6B4F20, #206B4F
Split complementary#616B20, #206B2A
Tetradic#6B2A20, #3C6B20, #20626B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B77ED9
Lighter +30%#A157CD
Lighter +20%#8937BA
Lighter +10%#6C2C92
Darker −10%#321444
Darker −20%#15091C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#530F7C
Less saturated −25%#4B315A

Channel breakdown

R79
G32
B107
Red79 (31%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue277.6°
Saturation (HSL)53.96%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 20 · B 6B

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