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Recognised as Colour

#49197E

  • #49197E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#49197E is a violet with RGB values 73, 25, 126 and HSL 269°, 67%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#49197E#49197E
HEX#49197E
RGBrgb(73, 25, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.098, 0.4941
RGB percentages28.6%, 9.8%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(268.5, 66.9%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.5, 80.2%, 49.4%)
CMYK42.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,790,654
CSS custom property--colour: #49197E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.18:1
Contrast with white12.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A
Inverted#B6E681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003581no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#00357Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#3C344Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.5Indigo · ΔE 10.7Midnight blue · ΔE 13Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.6Navy · ΔE 20Purple · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E7E19
Analogous#191C7E, #7B197E
Triadic#7E4919, #197E49
Split complementary#7E7B19, #1C7E19
Tetradic#7E191C, #4E7E19, #197E7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AF7EE5
Lighter +30%#9553DD
Lighter +20%#7A2AD3
Lighter +10%#6221A9
Darker −10%#301153
Darker −20%#180829
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#480691
Less saturated −25%#4A2C6B

Channel breakdown

R73
G25
B126
Red73 (28.6%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue268.51°
Saturation (HSL)66.89%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 19 · B 7E

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