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Colour

#491E9E

  • #491E9E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#491E9E is a violet with RGB values 73, 30, 158 and HSL 260°, 68%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indigo.

Colour values

#491E9E#491E9E
HEX#491E9E
RGBrgb(73, 30, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1176, 0.6196
RGB percentages28.6%, 11.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(260.2, 68.1%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 81%, 62%)
CMYK53.8%, 81%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,791,966
CSS custom property--colour: #491E9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#B6E161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0040A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#28445Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 10.1Dark blue · ΔE 13.7Navy · ΔE 13.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.9Midnight blue · ΔE 23.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#739E1E
Analogous#1E339E, #891E9E
Triadic#9E491E, #1E9E49
Split complementary#9E891E, #339E1E
Tetradic#9E1E33, #739E1E, #1E9E89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B79CEC
Lighter +30%#9871E4
Lighter +20%#7846DC
Lighter +10%#5D26C9
Darker −10%#351673
Darker −20%#210E48
Darker −30%#0E061D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4107B6
Less saturated −25%#513687

Channel breakdown

R73
G30
B158
Red73 (28.6%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue260.16°
Saturation (HSL)68.09%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 1E · B 9E

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