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Recognised as Colour

#48166F

  • #48166F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#48166F is a violet with RGB values 72, 22, 111 and HSL 274°, 67%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#48166F#48166F
HEX#48166F
RGBrgb(72, 22, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0863, 0.4353
RGB percentages28.2%, 8.6%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(273.7, 66.9%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.7, 80.2%, 43.5%)
CMYK35.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,724,335
CSS custom property--colour: #48166F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness56.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.96:1
Contrast with white12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#B7E990

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003071no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00316Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#412D42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 16.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.5Purple · ΔE 21.5Dark magenta · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D6F16
Analogous#1C166F, #6F166A
Triadic#6F4816, #166F48
Split complementary#696F16, #166F1C
Tetradic#6F1C16, #3D6F16, #16696F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B06FE2
Lighter +30%#9844DA
Lighter +20%#7F27C4
Lighter +10%#641E9A
Darker −10%#2C0E44
Darker −20%#11051A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4A0580
Less saturated −25%#46275E

Channel breakdown

R72
G22
B111
Red72 (28.2%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue273.71°
Saturation (HSL)66.92%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 16 · B 6F

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