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Recognised as Colour

#4F23BF

  • #4F23BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#4F23BF is a violet with RGB values 79, 35, 191 and HSL 257°, 69%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#4F23BF#4F23BF
HEX#4F23BF
RGBrgb(79, 35, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.1373, 0.749
RGB percentages31%, 13.7%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(256.9, 69%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 81.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK58.6%, 81.7%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,186,495
CSS custom property--colour: #4F23BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#B0DC40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#0C5373no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Dark blue · ΔE 18Dark orchid · ΔE 19.9Dark violet · ΔE 21.6Medium blue · ΔE 21.8Navy · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93BF23
Analogous#2345BF, #9D23BF
Triadic#BF4F23, #23BF4F
Split complementary#BF9D23, #45BF23
Tetradic#BF2345, #93BF23, #23BF9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBBBF3
Lighter +30%#AA90EB
Lighter +20%#8965E3
Lighter +10%#673ADB
Darker −10%#3D1B94
Darker −20%#2B1369
Darker −30%#1A0B3E
Darker −40%#080313
More saturated +25%#4307DB
Less saturated −25%#5B3FA3

Channel breakdown

R79
G35
B191
Red79 (31%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue256.92°
Saturation (HSL)69.03%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 23 · B BF

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