Recognised as Colour

#491CA9

#491CA9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#491CA9 is a violet with RGB values 73, 28, 169 and HSL 259°, 72%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#491CA9

RGBrgb(73, 28, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1098, 0.6627

RGB percentages28.6%, 11%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(259.1, 71.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 83.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK56.8%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,791,465

CSS custom property--colour: #491CA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.38:1

Contrast with white10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#B6E356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003CA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original

Tritanopia#1C4865no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.7 Indigo · ΔE 14.8 Navy · ΔE 15.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.7 Blue violet · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7CA91C

Analogous#1C35A9, #901CA9

Triadic#A9491C, #1CA949

Split complementary#A9901C, #35A91C

Tetradic#A91C36, #7CA91C, #1CA990

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BAA1F0

Lighter +30%#9A76E8

Lighter +20%#7A4AE1

Lighter +10%#5C23D5

Darker −10%#36157D

Darker −20%#230E51

Darker −30%#100626

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4003C2

Less saturated −25%#523590

Channel breakdown

R73

G28

B169

Red73 (28.6%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue259.15°

Saturation (HSL)71.57%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 1C · B A9

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