Colour

#490BA0

#490BA0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#490BA0 is a violet with RGB values 73, 11, 160 and HSL 265°, 87%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#490BA0

RGBrgb(73, 11, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0431, 0.6275

RGB percentages28.6%, 4.3%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(265, 87.1%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 93.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK54.4%, 93.1%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,787,104

CSS custom property--colour: #490BA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.42:1

Contrast with white11.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#B6F45F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003CA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#00379Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#273F5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 11.4 Indigo · ΔE 13.6 Navy · ΔE 14.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.2 Blue violet · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 11.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#62A00B

Analogous#0B18A0, #930BA0

Triadic#A0490B, #0BA049

Split complementary#A0930B, #17A00B

Tetradic#A00B18, #62A00B, #0BA093

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B281F6

Lighter +30%#9451F3

Lighter +20%#7721F0

Lighter +10%#5F0ED0

Darker −10%#330870

Darker −20%#1D0441

Darker −30%#080111

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4700AB

Less saturated −25%#4D208B

Channel breakdown

R73

G11

B160

Red73 (28.6%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue264.97°

Saturation (HSL)87.13%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 0B · B A0

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