Recognised as Colour

#482B46

#482B46
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Black

#482B46 is a magenta with RGB values 72, 43, 70 and HSL 304°, 25%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#482B46#482B46

HEX#482B46

RGBrgb(72, 43, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1686, 0.2745

RGB percentages28.2%, 16.9%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(304.1, 25.2%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(304.1, 40.3%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 40.3%, 2.8%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,729,670

CSS custom property--colour: #482B46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness56.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.28:1

Contrast with white12.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#B7D4B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A3247no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#313645no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Tritanopia#4A2D35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 31 Dim grey · ΔE 31.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.8 Slate grey · ΔE 37 Gray · ΔE 38.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B482D

Analogous#3C2B48, #482B37

Triadic#46482B, #2B4648

Split complementary#38482B, #2B483C

Tetradic#483B2B, #2B482D, #2B3748

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B887B4

Lighter +30%#A567A0

Lighter +20%#885184

Lighter +10%#683E65

Darker −10%#281827

Darker −20%#080508

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#561D52

Less saturated −25%#3A393A

Channel breakdown

R72

G43

B70

Red72 (28.2%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue304.14°

Saturation (HSL)25.22%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 2B · B 46

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