Recognised as Colour

#490C58

#490C58
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#490C58 is a violet with RGB values 73, 12, 88 and HSL 288°, 76%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#490C58

RGBrgb(73, 12, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0471, 0.3451

RGB percentages28.6%, 4.7%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(288.2, 76%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.2, 86.4%, 34.5%)

CMYK17%, 86.4%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,787,288

CSS custom property--colour: #490C58;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.22:1

Contrast with white14.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#B6F3A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00275Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#102D56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Tritanopia#491D33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 20 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.8 Purple · ΔE 24.2 Indigo · ΔE 26 Dark magenta · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 19.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B580C

Analogous#230C58, #580C41

Triadic#58490C, #0C5849

Split complementary#41580C, #0C5823

Tetradic#58230C, #1B580C, #0C4158

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C74AE6

Lighter +30%#B91EDF

Lighter +20%#9318B2

Lighter +10%#6E1285

Darker −10%#24062B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#500064

Less saturated −25%#41184C

Channel breakdown

R73

G12

B88

Red73 (28.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue288.16°

Saturation (HSL)76%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 0C · B 58

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