Recognised as Colour

#490A70

#490A70
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#490A70 is a violet with RGB values 73, 10, 112 and HSL 277°, 84%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#490A70#490A70

HEX#490A70

RGBrgb(73, 10, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0392, 0.4392

RGB percentages28.6%, 3.9%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(277.1, 83.6%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 91.1%, 43.9%)

CMYK34.8%, 91.1%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,786,800

CSS custom property--colour: #490A70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.46:1

Contrast with white13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B6F58F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Tritanopia#422840no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 11.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.6 Purple · ΔE 19.1 Navy · ΔE 22 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 11.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#31700A

Analogous#160A70, #700A64

Triadic#70490A, #0A7049

Split complementary#64700A, #0A7016

Tetradic#70160A, #31700A, #0A6470

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B556F0

Lighter +30%#A127EC

Lighter +20%#8612CE

Lighter +10%#680E9F

Darker −10%#2A0641

Darker −20%#0C0212

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B007A

Less saturated −25%#451961

Channel breakdown

R73

G10

B112

Red73 (28.6%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue277.06°

Saturation (HSL)83.61%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 0A · B 70

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