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Recognised as Colour

#48175A

  • #48175A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#48175A is a violet with RGB values 72, 23, 90 and HSL 284°, 59%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#48175A#48175A
HEX#48175A
RGBrgb(72, 23, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0902, 0.3529
RGB percentages28.2%, 9%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(283.9, 59.3%, 22.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.9, 74.4%, 35.3%)
CMYK20%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,724,570
CSS custom property--colour: #48175A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.59:1
Contrast with white13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#B7E8A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002B5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#162F58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#472436no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.1Midnight blue · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7Purple · ΔE 27.5Indigo · ΔE 29.1Dark magenta · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 19.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#295A17
Analogous#26175A, #5A174B
Triadic#5A4817, #175A48
Split complementary#4B5A17, #175A26
Tetradic#5A2617, #295A17, #174B5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B965D8
Lighter +30%#A63DCD
Lighter +20%#892CAB
Lighter +10%#682183
Darker −10%#280D31
Darker −20%#070209
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4F0968
Less saturated −25%#41254C

Channel breakdown

R72
G23
B90
Red72 (28.2%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue283.88°
Saturation (HSL)59.29%
Lightness22.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 17 · B 5A

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