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Recognised as Colour

#490C65

  • #490C65
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#490C65 is a violet with RGB values 73, 12, 101 and HSL 281°, 79%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#490C65#490C65
HEX#490C65
RGBrgb(73, 12, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0471, 0.3961
RGB percentages28.6%, 4.7%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(281.1, 78.8%, 22.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 88.1%, 39.6%)
CMYK27.7%, 88.1%, 0%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,787,301
CSS custom property--colour: #490C65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#B6F39A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002A67no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#002E63no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#45243Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 15.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.2Indigo · ΔE 18.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4Purple · ΔE 20.7Dark magenta · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28650C
Analogous#1C0C65, #650C55
Triadic#65490C, #0C6549
Split complementary#55650C, #0C651C
Tetradic#651C0C, #28650C, #0C5565

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BB52EB
Lighter +30%#A925E5
Lighter +20%#8B17C0
Lighter +10%#6A1193
Darker −10%#280737
Darker −20%#07010A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D0071
Less saturated −25%#441A57

Channel breakdown

R73
G12
B101
Red73 (28.6%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue281.12°
Saturation (HSL)78.76%
Lightness22.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 0C · B 65

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