Colour

#490C6E

#490C6E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#490C6E is a violet with RGB values 73, 12, 110 and HSL 277°, 80%, 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

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HEX#490C6E

RGBrgb(73, 12, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0471, 0.4314

RGB percentages28.6%, 4.7%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(277.3, 80.3%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 89.1%, 43.1%)

CMYK33.6%, 89.1%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,787,310

CSS custom property--colour: #490C6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.45:1

Contrast with white13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#B6F391

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002D71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#002F6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#43283Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 13.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.4 Purple · ΔE 19.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.1 Navy · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#316E0C

Analogous#180C6E, #6E0C62

Triadic#6E490C, #0C6E49

Split complementary#626E0C, #0C6E18

Tetradic#6E180C, #316E0C, #0C626E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B559ED

Lighter +30%#A12BE8

Lighter +20%#8616CA

Lighter +10%#68119C

Darker −10%#2A0740

Darker −20%#0C0212

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4C007A

Less saturated −25%#451B5F

Channel breakdown

R73

G12

B110

Red73 (28.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue277.35°

Saturation (HSL)80.33%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 0C · B 6E

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Colour values

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