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Recognised as Colour

#48036A

  • #48036A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#48036A is a violet with RGB values 72, 3, 106 and HSL 280°, 94%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#48036A#48036A
HEX#48036A
RGBrgb(72, 3, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0118, 0.4157
RGB percentages28.2%, 1.2%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(280.2, 94.5%, 21.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 97.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK32.1%, 97.2%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,719,466
CSS custom property--colour: #48036A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#191919
Inverted#B7FC95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00296Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#002C68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#43233Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 13.1Midnight blue · ΔE 15.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 16Purple · ΔE 19.1Dark magenta · ΔE 23Navy · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#256A03
Analogous#15036A, #6A0358
Triadic#6A4803, #036A48
Split complementary#586A03, #036A15
Tetradic#6A1503, #256A03, #03586A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BC3FFA
Lighter +30%#AB0EF8
Lighter +20%#8B06CD
Lighter +10%#6A049C
Darker −10%#260238
Darker −20%#050007
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#49006D
Less saturated −25%#43115C

Channel breakdown

R72
G3
B106
Red72 (28.2%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue280.19°
Saturation (HSL)94.5%
Lightness21.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 03 · B 6A

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