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Recognised as Colour

#483C54

  • #483C54
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#483C54 is a violet with RGB values 72, 60, 84 and HSL 270°, 17%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#483C54#483C54
HEX#483C54
RGBrgb(72, 60, 84)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2353, 0.3294
RGB percentages28.2%, 23.5%, 32.9%
HSLhsl(270, 16.7%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 28.6%, 32.9%)
CMYK14.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,734,036
CSS custom property--colour: #483C54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.24:1
Contrast with white10.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#B7C3AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#384055no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A4153no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#463F44no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 23.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.3Slate grey · ΔE 28.5Gray · ΔE 30.9Light slate grey · ΔE 31.3Black · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 23.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48543C
Analogous#3C3C54, #543C54
Triadic#54483C, #3C5448
Split complementary#54543C, #3C543C
Tetradic#543C3C, #48543C, #3C5454

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AEA1BB
Lighter +30%#9583A6
Lighter +20%#7B6790
Lighter +10%#625172
Darker −10%#2F2736
Darker −20%#151118
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#482A66
Less saturated −25%#484848

Channel breakdown

R72
G60
B84
Red72 (28.2%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue84 (32.9%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)16.67%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 3C · B 54

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