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Recognised as Colour

#482A79

  • #482A79
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#482A79 is a violet with RGB values 72, 42, 121 and HSL 263°, 48%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#482A79#482A79
HEX#482A79
RGBrgb(72, 42, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1647, 0.4745
RGB percentages28.2%, 16.5%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(262.8, 48.5%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.8, 65.3%, 47.5%)
CMYK40.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,729,465
CSS custom property--colour: #482A79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness65.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#B7D586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#3C3C4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.8Midnight blue · ΔE 13.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.9Indigo · ΔE 23.7Slate blue · ΔE 27.1Purple · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B792A
Analogous#2A3479, #6F2A79
Triadic#79482A, #2A7948
Split complementary#796F2A, #34792A
Tetradic#792A34, #5B792A, #2A796F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AF95DA
Lighter +30%#936FCD
Lighter +20%#7649C0
Lighter +10%#5F379F
Darker −10%#311D53
Darker −20%#1B102D
Darker −30%#040307
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#43168D
Less saturated −25%#4D3E65

Channel breakdown

R72
G42
B121
Red72 (28.2%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue262.78°
Saturation (HSL)48.47%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 2A · B 79

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