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Recognised as Colour

#4F36DF

  • #4F36DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#4F36DF is a blue with RGB values 79, 54, 223 and HSL 249°, 73%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#4F36DF#4F36DF
HEX#4F36DF
RGBrgb(79, 54, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.2118, 0.8745
RGB percentages31%, 21.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(248.9, 72.5%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.9, 75.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK64.6%, 75.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,191,391
CSS custom property--colour: #4F36DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#B0C920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#0051DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#006889no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Medium blue · ΔE 18.6Dark violet · ΔE 22.3Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7Dark blue · ΔE 26.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6DF36
Analogous#3672DF, #A336DF
Triadic#DF4F36, #36DF4F
Split complementary#DFA336, #72DF36
Tetradic#DF3671, #C6DF36, #36DFA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E6FB
Lighter +30%#C3BAF4
Lighter +20%#9C8EED
Lighter +10%#7662E6
Darker −10%#371FC3
Darker −20%#2B1897
Darker −30%#1E116B
Darker −40%#120A3F
More saturated +25%#3A19FC
Less saturated −25%#6453C2

Channel breakdown

R79
G54
B223
Red79 (31%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue248.88°
Saturation (HSL)72.53%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4F · G 36 · B DF

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