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Recognised as Colour

#490CFE

  • #490CFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#490CFE is a violet with RGB values 73, 12, 254 and HSL 255°, 99%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#490CFE#490CFE
HEX#490CFE
RGBrgb(73, 12, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0471, 0.9961
RGB percentages28.6%, 4.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(255.1, 99.2%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.1, 95.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK71.3%, 95.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,787,454
CSS custom property--colour: #490CFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#B6F301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#004AFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 112.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 7.1Medium blue · ΔE 18.5Blue violet · ΔE 28.9Dark violet · ΔE 31.6Dark orchid · ΔE 44.3Dark blue · ΔE 48
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1FE0C
Analogous#0C48FE, #C20CFE
Triadic#FE490C, #0CFE49
Split complementary#FEC20C, #48FE0C
Tetradic#FE0C48, #C1FE0C, #0CFEC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1D7FF
Lighter +30%#BBA4FF
Lighter +20%#9572FE
Lighter +10%#6F3FFE
Darker −10%#3701D6
Darker −20%#2A01A3
Darker −30%#1D0071
Darker −40%#10003E
More saturated +25%#490BFF
Less saturated −25%#582BE0

Channel breakdown

R73
G12
B254
Red73 (28.6%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue255.12°
Saturation (HSL)99.18%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 0C · B FE

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