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Recognised as Colour

#490D37

  • #490D37
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#490D37 is a magenta with RGB values 73, 13, 55 and HSL 318°, 70%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#490D37#490D37
HEX#490D37
RGBrgb(73, 13, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.051, 0.2157
RGB percentages28.6%, 5.1%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(318, 69.8%, 16.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(318, 82.2%, 28.6%)
CMYK0%, 82.2%, 24.7%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,787,511
CSS custom property--colour: #490D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.04:1
Contrast with white15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#B6F2C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#132038no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#262A36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#4E0D20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 35Black · ΔE 37.6Midnight blue · ΔE 38.3Purple · ΔE 39.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 41.3Dark magenta · ΔE 44.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 35.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0D491F
Analogous#3D0D49, #490D19
Triadic#37490D, #0D3749
Split complementary#19490D, #0D493D
Tetradic#493D0D, #0D491F, #0D1949

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE44B0
Lighter +30%#CB2499
Lighter +20%#A01C78
Lighter +10%#741558
Darker −10%#1E0516
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#54023B
Less saturated −25%#3E1833

Channel breakdown

R73
G13
B55
Red73 (28.6%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue318°
Saturation (HSL)69.77%
Lightness16.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 49 · G 0D · B 37

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