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Colour

#480BFF

  • #480BFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#480BFF is a violet with RGB values 72, 11, 255 and HSL 255°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#480BFF#480BFF
HEX#480BFF
RGBrgb(72, 11, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0431, 1
RGB percentages28.2%, 4.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(255, 100%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 95.7%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 95.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,721,663
CSS custom property--colour: #480BFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#B7F400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006B96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 113.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 6.6Medium blue · ΔE 19.1Blue violet · ΔE 29.6Dark violet · ΔE 32.1Dark orchid · ΔE 44.9Dark blue · ΔE 48.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 6.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2FF0B
Analogous#0B48FF, #C20BFF
Triadic#FF480B, #0BFF48
Split complementary#FFC20B, #48FF0B
Tetradic#FF0B48, #C2FF0B, #0BFFC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D7FF
Lighter +30%#BBA4FF
Lighter +20%#9471FF
Lighter +10%#6E3EFF
Darker −10%#3600D7
Darker −20%#2900A4
Darker −30%#1C0071
Darker −40%#10003E
More saturated +25%#480BFF
Less saturated −25%#5729E1

Channel breakdown

R72
G11
B255
Red72 (28.2%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 0B · B FF

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