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Recognised as Colour

#482D78

  • #482D78
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#482D78 is a violet with RGB values 72, 45, 120 and HSL 262°, 45%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#482D78#482D78
HEX#482D78
RGBrgb(72, 45, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1765, 0.4706
RGB percentages28.2%, 17.6%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(261.6, 45.5%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 62.5%, 47.1%)
CMYK40%, 62.5%, 0%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,730,232
CSS custom property--colour: #482D78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.93:1
Contrast with white10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#B7D287

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0C3C76no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3C3D4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 7.6Midnight blue · ΔE 14.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.9Indigo · ΔE 26.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.1Purple · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D782D
Analogous#2D3778, #6E2D78
Triadic#78482D, #2D7848
Split complementary#786E2D, #37782D
Tetradic#782D37, #5D782D, #2D786E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B098D9
Lighter +30%#9373CB
Lighter +20%#764EBD
Lighter +10%#5E3B9D
Darker −10%#321F53
Darker −20%#1B112E
Darker −30%#050309
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#42188D
Less saturated −25%#4E4263

Channel breakdown

R72
G45
B120
Red72 (28.2%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue261.6°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 2D · B 78

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