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Colour

#49238E

  • #49238E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#49238E is a violet with RGB values 73, 35, 142 and HSL 261°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#49238E#49238E
HEX#49238E
RGBrgb(73, 35, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1373, 0.5569
RGB percentages28.6%, 13.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(261.3, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK48.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,793,230
CSS custom property--colour: #49238E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.97:1
Contrast with white10.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#B6DC71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003A8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#343F56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.2Indigo · ΔE 10.6Midnight blue · ΔE 14.7Navy · ΔE 18.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#688E23
Analogous#23338E, #7E238E
Triadic#8E4923, #238E49
Split complementary#8E7E23, #338E23
Tetradic#8E2333, #688E23, #238E7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B398E5
Lighter +30%#956FDB
Lighter +20%#7746D1
Lighter +10%#5E2DB7
Darker −10%#341965
Darker −20%#1F0F3C
Darker −30%#0A0513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#430DA4
Less saturated −25%#4F3978

Channel breakdown

R73
G35
B142
Red73 (28.6%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue261.31°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 23 · B 8E

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