Recognised as Colour

#482CA3

#482CA3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#482CA3 is a blue with RGB values 72, 44, 163 and HSL 254°, 57%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#482CA3#482CA3

HEX#482CA3

RGBrgb(72, 44, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1725, 0.6392

RGB percentages28.2%, 17.3%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(254.1, 57.5%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 73%, 63.9%)

CMYK55.8%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,730,019

CSS custom property--colour: #482CA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#B7D35C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0047A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#1F4C65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.3 Indigo · ΔE 13.4 Navy · ΔE 17.2 Dark blue · ΔE 18.1 Slate blue · ΔE 18.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87A32C

Analogous#2C4CA3, #842CA3

Triadic#A3482C, #2CA348

Split complementary#A3842C, #4CA32C

Tetradic#A32C4C, #87A32C, #2CA384

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BEB1EA

Lighter +30%#9D89DF

Lighter +20%#7C61D4

Lighter +10%#5B39C9

Darker −10%#36217B

Darker −20%#251653

Darker −30%#130B2B

Darker −40%#010102

More saturated +25%#3A12BD

Less saturated −25%#564689

Channel breakdown

R72

G44

B163

Red72 (28.2%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue254.12°

Saturation (HSL)57.49%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 2C · B A3

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