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Recognised as Colour

#48354C

  • #48354C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#48354C is a violet with RGB values 72, 53, 76 and HSL 290°, 18%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#48354C#48354C
HEX#48354C
RGBrgb(72, 53, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2078, 0.298
RGB percentages28.2%, 20.8%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(289.6, 17.8%, 25.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.6, 30.3%, 29.8%)
CMYK5.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,732,236
CSS custom property--colour: #48354C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness62.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.12:1
Contrast with white11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#B7CAB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#333A4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#373C4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#48373Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 25.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.7Black · ΔE 30.4Slate grey · ΔE 31.7Gray · ΔE 33.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 25.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#394C35
Analogous#3D354C, #4C3544
Triadic#4C4835, #354C48
Split complementary#444C35, #354C3D
Tetradic#4C3D35, #394C35, #35444C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B197B6
Lighter +30%#9A79A1
Lighter +20%#815F88
Lighter +10%#644A6A
Darker −10%#2C202E
Darker −20%#0F0B10
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#53255C
Less saturated −25%#414141

Channel breakdown

R72
G53
B76
Red72 (28.2%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue289.57°
Saturation (HSL)17.83%
Lightness25.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 35 · B 4C

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