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Recognised as Colour

#48268D

  • #48268D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#48268D is a violet with RGB values 72, 38, 141 and HSL 260°, 58%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#48268D#48268D
HEX#48268D
RGBrgb(72, 38, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.149, 0.5529
RGB percentages28.2%, 14.9%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(259.8, 57.5%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 73%, 55.3%)
CMYK48.9%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,728,461
CSS custom property--colour: #48268D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.84:1
Contrast with white10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#B7D972

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#324157no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.6Indigo · ΔE 12.6Midnight blue · ΔE 13.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Navy · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B8D26
Analogous#26388D, #7B268D
Triadic#8D4826, #268D48
Split complementary#8D7B26, #388D26
Tetradic#8D2638, #6B8D26, #268D7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B39BE4
Lighter +30%#9573D9
Lighter +20%#764BCE
Lighter +10%#5D31B5
Darker −10%#331B65
Darker −20%#1F103D
Darker −30%#0A0614
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4010A3
Less saturated −25%#503C77

Channel breakdown

R72
G38
B141
Red72 (28.2%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue259.81°
Saturation (HSL)57.54%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 26 · B 8D

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