Recognised as Colour

#480D57

#480D57
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#480D57 is a violet with RGB values 72, 13, 87 and HSL 288°, 74%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#480D57

RGBrgb(72, 13, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.051, 0.3412

RGB percentages28.2%, 5.1%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(287.8, 74%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.8, 85.1%, 34.1%)

CMYK17.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,722,007

CSS custom property--colour: #480D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.28:1

Contrast with white14.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B7F2A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002759no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#112C55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#481E32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 20.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3 Purple · ΔE 25.1 Indigo · ΔE 26.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 20.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1C570D

Analogous#230D57, #570D41

Triadic#57480D, #0D5748

Split complementary#41570D, #0D5723

Tetradic#57230D, #1C570D, #0D4157

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C54CE4

Lighter +30%#B621DC

Lighter +20%#911AB0

Lighter +10%#6D1483

Darker −10%#23062B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F0064

Less saturated −25%#41194B

Channel breakdown

R72

G13

B87

Red72 (28.2%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue287.84°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0D · B 57

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