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Recognised as Colour

#48248D

  • #48248D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#48248D is a violet with RGB values 72, 36, 141 and HSL 261°, 59%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#48248D#48248D
HEX#48248D
RGBrgb(72, 36, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1412, 0.5529
RGB percentages28.2%, 14.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(260.6, 59.3%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 74.5%, 55.3%)
CMYK48.9%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,727,949
CSS custom property--colour: #48248D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#B7DB72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#324056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9Indigo · ΔE 11.4Midnight blue · ΔE 13.9Navy · ΔE 18.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#698D24
Analogous#24358D, #7C248D
Triadic#8D4824, #248D48
Split complementary#8D7C24, #358D24
Tetradic#8D2435, #698D24, #248D7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B298E5
Lighter +30%#9470DA
Lighter +20%#7647D0
Lighter +10%#5D2EB6
Darker −10%#331A64
Darker −20%#1F0F3C
Darker −30%#0A0513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#410EA3
Less saturated −25%#4F3A77

Channel breakdown

R72
G36
B141
Red72 (28.2%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue260.57°
Saturation (HSL)59.32%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 24 · B 8D

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