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Recognised as Colour

#482B8C

  • #482B8C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#482B8C is a violet with RGB values 72, 43, 140 and HSL 258°, 53%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#482B8C#482B8C
HEX#482B8C
RGBrgb(72, 43, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1686, 0.549
RGB percentages28.2%, 16.9%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(257.9, 53%, 35.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 69.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK48.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,729,740
CSS custom property--colour: #482B8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#B7D473

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00418Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003D8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#334358no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 8.6Midnight blue · ΔE 12.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 14.1Indigo · ΔE 16.1Slate blue · ΔE 20.5Navy · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F8C2B
Analogous#2B3F8C, #792B8C
Triadic#8C482B, #2B8C48
Split complementary#8C782B, #3F8C2B
Tetradic#8C2B3F, #6F8C2B, #2B8C79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B4A1E2
Lighter +30%#957AD6
Lighter +20%#7753CA
Lighter +10%#5C37B3
Darker −10%#341F65
Darker −20%#20133E
Darker −30%#0C0717
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3F14A3
Less saturated −25%#514275

Channel breakdown

R72
G43
B140
Red72 (28.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue257.94°
Saturation (HSL)53.01%
Lightness35.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 2B · B 8C

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