Colour

#49117A

#49117A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Indigo

#49117A is a violet with RGB values 73, 17, 122 and HSL 272°, 76%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#49117A#49117A

HEX#49117A

RGBrgb(73, 17, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0667, 0.4784

RGB percentages28.6%, 6.7%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(272, 75.5%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272, 86.1%, 47.8%)

CMYK40.2%, 86.1%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,788,602

CSS custom property--colour: #49117A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.77:1

Contrast with white12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#B6EE85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00327Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Tritanopia#3E2F47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 8.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.2 Midnight blue · ΔE 14.3 Navy · ΔE 19.1 Purple · ΔE 19.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#427A11

Analogous#14117A, #7A1177

Triadic#7A4911, #117A49

Split complementary#777A11, #117A14

Tetradic#7A1411, #427A11, #11777A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B06CEB

Lighter +30%#9740E4

Lighter +20%#7F1DD4

Lighter +10%#6417A7

Darker −10%#2E0B4D

Darker −20%#130520

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A008B

Less saturated −25%#482269

Channel breakdown

R73

G17

B122

Red73 (28.6%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue272°

Saturation (HSL)75.54%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 11 · B 7A

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