Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#49209C

  • #49209C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indigo

#49209C is a violet with RGB values 73, 32, 156 and HSL 260°, 66%, 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

#49209C#49209C
HEX#49209C
RGBrgb(73, 32, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1255, 0.6118
RGB percentages28.6%, 12.5%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(259.8, 66%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 79.5%, 61.2%)
CMYK53.2%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,792,476
CSS custom property--colour: #49209C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0485WCAG 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 10.66:1
Contrast with white10.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#B6DF63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00409Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#003B9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#2A445Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indigo · ΔE 9.6Navy · ΔE 14.2Dark blue · ΔE 14.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.2Midnight blue · ΔE 21.8Slate blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndigo (#4B0082)ΔE 9.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#739C20
Analogous#20359C, #87209C
Triadic#9C4920, #209C49
Split complementary#9C8720, #359C20
Tetradic#9C2035, #739C20, #209C87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B79DEB
Lighter +30%#9873E2
Lighter +20%#7848DA
Lighter +10%#5D29C6
Darker −10%#351772
Darker −20%#210F47
Darker −30%#0E061D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4108B4
Less saturated −25%#513885

Channel breakdown

R73
G32
B156
Red73 (28.6%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue259.84°
Saturation (HSL)65.96%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 20 · B 9C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “49209c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.