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Recognised as Colour

#482A65

  • #482A65
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#482A65 is a violet with RGB values 72, 42, 101 and HSL 271°, 41%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#482A65#482A65
HEX#482A65
RGBrgb(72, 42, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1647, 0.3961
RGB percentages28.2%, 16.5%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(270.5, 41.3%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 58.4%, 39.6%)
CMYK28.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,729,445
CSS custom property--colour: #482A65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.7:1
Contrast with white11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#B7D59A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#153767no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1F3864no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#433543no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.4Midnight blue · ΔE 21.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5Purple · ΔE 33.4Indigo · ΔE 34.5Slate blue · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#47652A
Analogous#2B2A65, #652A64
Triadic#65482A, #2A6548
Split complementary#64652A, #2A652B
Tetradic#652B2A, #47652A, #2A6465

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AE8CCF
Lighter +30%#9568C0
Lighter +20%#7B48AD
Lighter +10%#623989
Darker −10%#2E1B41
Darker −20%#150C1D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#481877
Less saturated −25%#483C53

Channel breakdown

R72
G42
B101
Red72 (28.2%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue270.51°
Saturation (HSL)41.26%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 2A · B 65

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