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Colour

#480FB4

  • #480FB4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#480FB4 is a violet with RGB values 72, 15, 180 and HSL 261°, 85%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#480FB4#480FB4
HEX#480FB4
RGBrgb(72, 15, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0588, 0.7059
RGB percentages28.2%, 5.9%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(260.7, 84.6%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 91.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK60%, 91.7%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,722,612
CSS custom property--colour: #480FB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.48:1
Contrast with white10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#B7F04B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0043B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004969no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.1Blue violet · ΔE 18.4Medium blue · ΔE 19.4Navy · ΔE 20.6Dark violet · ΔE 21.1Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BB40F
Analogous#0F28B4, #9B0FB4
Triadic#B4480F, #0FB448
Split complementary#B49B0F, #28B40F
Tetradic#B40F28, #7BB40F, #0FB49B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B999F6
Lighter +30%#9969F3
Lighter +20%#793AEF
Lighter +10%#5B13E3
Darker −10%#350B85
Darker −20%#220756
Darker −30%#100327
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4300C3
Less saturated −25%#50279C

Channel breakdown

R72
G15
B180
Red72 (28.2%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue260.73°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 0F · B B4

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