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Pitch Violet

#4C168E

Contrast at a glance

White text

11.59:1AAA

Black text

1.71:1Fails

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About Pitch Violet

Pitch Violet (#4C168E) is a dark vivid purple. Its RGB value is 76, 22, 142 and its HSL value is 267°, 73%, 32%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Pitch Violet, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#4C168E · #588E16

Analogous

#161C8E · #4C168E · #88168E

Triadic

#4C168E · #8E4C16 · #168E4C

Split complementary

#4C168E · #8E8816 · #1C8E16

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