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Recognised as Colour

#480CCC

  • #480CCC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#480CCC is a violet with RGB values 72, 12, 204 and HSL 259°, 89%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#480CCC#480CCC
HEX#480CCC
RGBrgb(72, 12, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0471, 0.8
RGB percentages28.2%, 4.7%, 80%
HSLhsl(258.8, 88.9%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 94.1%, 80%)
CMYK64.7%, 94.1%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,721,868
CSS custom property--colour: #480CCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.55:1
Contrast with white9.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#B7F333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004BD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005378no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.3Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Dark violet · ΔE 19.3Dark blue · ΔE 26.2Dark orchid · ΔE 27.2Blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90CC0C
Analogous#0C30CC, #A80CCC
Triadic#CC480C, #0CCC48
Split complementary#CCA80C, #30CC0C
Tetradic#CC0C30, #90CC0C, #0CCCA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3AAFA
Lighter +30%#A17AF7
Lighter +20%#7F4AF4
Lighter +10%#5D1AF2
Darker −10%#37099C
Darker −20%#26066C
Darker −30%#15043C
Darker −40%#04010B
More saturated +25%#4400D8
Less saturated −25%#5227B1

Channel breakdown

R72
G12
B204
Red72 (28.2%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 0C · B CC

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