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Recognised as Colour

#480CFF

  • #480CFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#480CFF is a blue with RGB values 72, 12, 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

#480CFF#480CFF
HEX#480CFF
RGBrgb(72, 12, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0471, 1
RGB percentages28.2%, 4.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(254.8, 100%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.8, 95.3%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 95.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,721,919
CSS custom property--colour: #480CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#B7F300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#006B96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 113.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 6.7Medium blue · ΔE 18.9Blue violet · ΔE 29.4Dark violet · ΔE 32Dark orchid · ΔE 44.8Dark blue · ΔE 48.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3FF0C
Analogous#0C4AFF, #C10CFF
Triadic#FF480C, #0CFF48
Split complementary#FFC20C, #49FF0C
Tetradic#FF0C4A, #C3FF0C, #0CFFC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D8FF
Lighter +30%#BBA5FF
Lighter +20%#9572FF
Lighter +10%#6E3FFF
Darker −10%#3500D8
Darker −20%#2900A5
Darker −30%#1C0072
Darker −40%#10003F
More saturated +25%#480CFF
Less saturated −25%#572AE1

Channel breakdown

R72
G12
B255
Red72 (28.2%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue254.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 0C · B FF

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