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Recognised as Colour

#49289A

  • #49289A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#49289A is a violet with RGB values 73, 40, 154 and HSL 257°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#49289A#49289A
HEX#49289A
RGBrgb(73, 40, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1569, 0.6039
RGB percentages28.6%, 15.7%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(257.4, 58.8%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 74%, 60.4%)
CMYK52.6%, 74%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,794,522
CSS custom property--colour: #49289A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#B6D765

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00439Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2B475Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11Indigo · ΔE 11.5Navy · ΔE 17.1Midnight blue · ΔE 17.9Dark blue · ΔE 18.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#799A28
Analogous#28409A, #82289A
Triadic#9A4928, #289A49
Split complementary#9A8228, #409A28
Tetradic#9A2840, #799A28, #289A82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9A6E8
Lighter +30%#997EDD
Lighter +20%#7A55D3
Lighter +10%#5C33C2
Darker −10%#361D72
Darker −20%#231349
Darker −30%#0F0821
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3F10B2
Less saturated −25%#534082

Channel breakdown

R73
G40
B154
Red73 (28.6%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue257.37°
Saturation (HSL)58.76%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 28 · B 9A

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