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Recognised as Colour

#481C99

  • #481C99
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#481C99 is a violet with RGB values 72, 28, 153 and HSL 261°, 69%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#481C99#481C99
HEX#481C99
RGBrgb(72, 28, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1098, 0.6
RGB percentages28.2%, 11%, 60%
HSLhsl(261.1, 69.1%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 81.7%, 60%)
CMYK52.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,725,913
CSS custom property--colour: #481C99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.04:1
Contrast with white11.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#B7E366

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003997no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2A415Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.6Navy · ΔE 13.3Dark blue · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Slate blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D991C
Analogous#1C2F99, #871C99
Triadic#99481C, #1C9948
Split complementary#99871C, #2E991C
Tetradic#991C2E, #6D991C, #1C9986

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B495EC
Lighter +30%#956AE4
Lighter +20%#763FDC
Lighter +10%#5C24C4
Darker −10%#34146E
Darker −20%#1F0C43
Darker −30%#0B0418
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4105B0
Less saturated −25%#4F3382

Channel breakdown

R72
G28
B153
Red72 (28.2%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue261.12°
Saturation (HSL)69.06%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 1C · B 99

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