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Recognised as Colour

#491C92

  • #491C92
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#491C92 is a violet with RGB values 73, 28, 146 and HSL 263°, 68%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#491C92#491C92
HEX#491C92
RGBrgb(73, 28, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1098, 0.5725
RGB percentages28.6%, 11%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(262.9, 67.8%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 80.8%, 57.3%)
CMYK50%, 80.8%, 0%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,791,442
CSS custom property--colour: #491C92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#B6E36D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003C95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003890no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#323E57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 7.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 12.9Navy · ΔE 14.4Dark blue · ΔE 16.2Midnight blue · ΔE 18.8Slate blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65921C
Analogous#1C2A92, #841C92
Triadic#92491C, #1C9249
Split complementary#92841C, #2A921C
Tetradic#921C2A, #65921C, #1C9284

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B290EA
Lighter +30%#9565E2
Lighter +20%#773BD9
Lighter +10%#5E24BD
Darker −10%#341467
Darker −20%#1E0C3C
Darker −30%#090312
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4406A8
Less saturated −25%#4E327C

Channel breakdown

R73
G28
B146
Red73 (28.6%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue262.88°
Saturation (HSL)67.82%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 1C · B 92

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