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Recognised as Colour

#4F2889

  • #4F2889
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4F2889 is a violet with RGB values 79, 40, 137 and HSL 264°, 55%, 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

#4F2889#4F2889
HEX#4F2889
RGBrgb(79, 40, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.1569, 0.5373
RGB percentages31%, 15.7%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(264.1, 54.8%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.1, 70.8%, 53.7%)
CMYK42.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,187,721
CSS custom property--colour: #4F2889;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B0D776

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#404055no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 7.1Midnight blue · ΔE 13.5Indigo · ΔE 14.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.6Purple · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#628928
Analogous#283189, #802889
Triadic#894F28, #28894F
Split complementary#898028, #318928
Tetradic#892831, #628928, #288980

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B89BE2
Lighter +30%#9B74D6
Lighter +20%#7F4CCB
Lighter +10%#6634B0
Darker −10%#381C62
Darker −20%#21113A
Darker −30%#0B0513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4B129F
Less saturated −25%#533E73

Channel breakdown

R79
G40
B137
Red79 (31%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue264.12°
Saturation (HSL)54.8%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 28 · B 89

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