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Recognised as Colour

#482B77

  • #482B77
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#482B77 is a violet with RGB values 72, 43, 119 and HSL 263°, 47%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#482B77#482B77
HEX#482B77
RGBrgb(72, 43, 119)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1686, 0.4667
RGB percentages28.2%, 16.9%, 46.7%
HSLhsl(262.9, 46.9%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 63.9%, 46.7%)
CMYK39.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,729,719
CSS custom property--colour: #482B77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04437WCAG 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 11.13:1
Contrast with white11.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B7D488

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C79no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#083B75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3D3C4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.4Midnight blue · ΔE 14.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.3Indigo · ΔE 25.5Slate blue · ΔE 28.1Purple · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A772B
Analogous#2B3477, #6E2B77
Triadic#77482B, #2B7748
Split complementary#776E2B, #34772B
Tetradic#772B34, #5A772B, #2B776E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AF95D9
Lighter +30%#9370CB
Lighter +20%#764ABE
Lighter +10%#5F399C
Darker −10%#311D52
Darker −20%#1B102C
Darker −30%#040207
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#43178B
Less saturated −25%#4D3F63

Channel breakdown

R72
G43
B119
Red72 (28.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue119 (46.7%)
Hue262.89°
Saturation (HSL)46.91%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 2B · B 77

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