Colour

#4F2491

#4F2491
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4F2491 is a violet with RGB values 79, 36, 145 and HSL 264°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#4F2491

RGBrgb(79, 36, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.1412, 0.5686

RGB percentages31%, 14.1%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(263.7, 60.2%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.7, 75.2%, 56.9%)

CMYK45.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,186,705

CSS custom property--colour: #4F2491;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.53:1

Contrast with white10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#B0DB6E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004094no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003D8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#3D4158no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.3 Indigo · ΔE 10.1 Midnight blue · ΔE 16.5 Navy · ΔE 18.7 Slate blue · ΔE 20.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#669124

Analogous#242F91, #862491

Triadic#914F24, #24914F

Split complementary#918524, #309124

Tetradic#91242F, #669124, #249186

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B99BE6

Lighter +30%#9C72DC

Lighter +20%#7F49D2

Lighter +10%#652EBA

Darker −10%#391A68

Darker −20%#22103F

Darker −30%#0C0616

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A0DA8

Less saturated −25%#543B7A

Channel breakdown

R79

G36

B145

Red79 (31%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue263.67°

Saturation (HSL)60.22%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4F · G 24 · B 91

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