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Recognised as Colour

#490A42

  • #490A42
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#490A42 is a magenta with RGB values 73, 10, 66 and HSL 307°, 76%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#490A42#490A42
HEX#490A42
RGBrgb(73, 10, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0392, 0.2588
RGB percentages28.6%, 3.9%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(306.7, 75.9%, 16.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306.7, 86.3%, 28.6%)
CMYK0%, 86.3%, 9.6%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,786,754
CSS custom property--colour: #490A42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness46.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.94:1
Contrast with white14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#B6F5BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#072143no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#202A41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4D1126no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.4Midnight blue · ΔE 31.1Purple · ΔE 32.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.2Dark magenta · ΔE 37.9Indigo · ΔE 38.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 29.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0A4911
Analogous#300A49, #490A23
Triadic#42490A, #0A4249
Split complementary#23490A, #0A4930
Tetradic#49300A, #0A4911, #0A2349

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E43BD1
Lighter +30%#D01CBC
Lighter +20%#A31693
Lighter +10%#76106B
Darker −10%#1C0419
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#53004A
Less saturated −25%#3F143A

Channel breakdown

R73
G10
B66
Red73 (28.6%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue306.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.9%
Lightness16.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 49 · G 0A · B 42

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