Recognised as Colour

#481AA6

#481AA6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#481AA6 is a violet with RGB values 72, 26, 166 and HSL 260°, 73%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#481AA6

RGBrgb(72, 26, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.102, 0.651

RGB percentages28.2%, 10.2%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(259.7, 72.9%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.7, 84.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK56.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,725,414

CSS custom property--colour: #481AA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.64:1

Contrast with white10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#B7E559

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0041AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Tritanopia#1D4662no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.2 Indigo · ΔE 13.9 Navy · ΔE 14.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2 Blue violet · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#78A61A

Analogous#1A32A6, #8E1AA6

Triadic#A6481A, #1AA648

Split complementary#A68E1A, #32A61A

Tetradic#A61A32, #78A61A, #1AA68E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B89CF0

Lighter +30%#9870E9

Lighter +20%#7844E2

Lighter +10%#5B21D2

Darker −10%#35137A

Darker −20%#220C4E

Darker −30%#0F0522

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4002BE

Less saturated −25%#50328E

Channel breakdown

R72

G26

B166

Red72 (28.2%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue259.71°

Saturation (HSL)72.92%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 1A · B A6

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