Recognised as Colour

#490D57

#490D57
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#490D57 is a violet with RGB values 73, 13, 87 and HSL 289°, 74%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#490D57

RGBrgb(73, 13, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.051, 0.3412

RGB percentages28.6%, 5.1%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(288.6, 74%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 85.1%, 34.1%)

CMYK16.1%, 85.1%, 0%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,787,543

CSS custom property--colour: #490D57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.2:1

Contrast with white14.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B6F2A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002759no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#122D55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#491D32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 20.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4 Purple · ΔE 24.9 Indigo · ΔE 26.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 20.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B570D

Analogous#240D57, #570D40

Triadic#57490D, #0D5749

Split complementary#40570D, #0D5724

Tetradic#57240D, #1B570D, #0D4057

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C74CE4

Lighter +30%#B921DC

Lighter +20%#931AB0

Lighter +10%#6E1483

Darker −10%#24062B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#510064

Less saturated −25%#41194B

Channel breakdown

R73

G13

B87

Red73 (28.6%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue288.65°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 0D · B 57

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