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Recognised as Colour

#490CD7

  • #490CD7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#490CD7 is a violet with RGB values 73, 12, 215 and HSL 258°, 89%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#490CD7#490CD7
HEX#490CD7
RGBrgb(73, 12, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0471, 0.8431
RGB percentages28.6%, 4.7%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(258, 89.4%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258, 94.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK66%, 94.4%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,787,415
CSS custom property--colour: #490CD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#B6F328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004FDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0041D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00587Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.4Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark violet · ΔE 20.5Blue · ΔE 22.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3Dark blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AD70C
Analogous#0C34D7, #AF0CD7
Triadic#D7490C, #0CD749
Split complementary#D7AF0C, #34D70C
Tetradic#D70C34, #9AD70C, #0CD7AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9B4FB
Lighter +30%#A784F8
Lighter +20%#8454F5
Lighter +10%#6223F3
Darker −10%#3909A7
Darker −20%#280776
Darker −30%#180446
Darker −40%#070116
More saturated +25%#4400E3
Less saturated −25%#5428BB

Channel breakdown

R73
G12
B215
Red73 (28.6%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue258.03°
Saturation (HSL)89.43%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 0C · B D7

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