Recognised as Colour

#48237A

#48237A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#48237A is a violet with RGB values 72, 35, 122 and HSL 266°, 55%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#48237A

RGBrgb(72, 35, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1373, 0.4784

RGB percentages28.2%, 13.7%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(265.5, 55.4%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 71.3%, 47.8%)

CMYK41%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,727,674

CSS custom property--colour: #48237A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#B7DC85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00387Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003778no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Tritanopia#3C384Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.8 Indigo · ΔE 18.5 Purple · ΔE 24.1 Slate blue · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#557A23

Analogous#232A7A, #74237A

Triadic#7A4823, #237A48

Split complementary#7A7423, #2A7A23

Tetradic#7A2329, #557A23, #237A74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AE8BDE

Lighter +30%#9364D2

Lighter +20%#773CC7

Lighter +10%#5F2EA2

Darker −10%#311852

Darker −20%#190C2B

Darker −30%#020103

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#450F8E

Less saturated −25%#4B3766

Channel breakdown

R72

G35

B122

Red72 (28.2%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue265.52°

Saturation (HSL)55.41%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 23 · B 7A

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