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Recognised as Colour

#483D4B

  • #483D4B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#483D4B is a violet with RGB values 72, 61, 75 and HSL 287°, 10%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#483D4B#483D4B
HEX#483D4B
RGBrgb(72, 61, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2392, 0.2941
RGB percentages28.2%, 23.9%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(287.1, 10.3%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 18.7%, 29.4%)
CMYK4%, 18.7%, 0%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,734,283
CSS custom property--colour: #483D4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#B7C2B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C404Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E414Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#483E42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 19.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1Slate grey · ΔE 27.6Gray · ΔE 28.2Black · ΔE 29.2Light slate grey · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 19.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#404B3D
Analogous#413D4B, #4B3D47
Triadic#4B483D, #3D4B48
Split complementary#474B3D, #3D4B41
Tetradic#4B413D, #404B3D, #3D474B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFA1B3
Lighter +30%#97859C
Lighter +20%#7E6B83
Lighter +10%#635467
Darker −10%#2D262F
Darker −20%#120F13
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#522C5C
Less saturated −25%#444444

Channel breakdown

R72
G61
B75
Red72 (28.2%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue287.14°
Saturation (HSL)10.29%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 3D · B 4B

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