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Recognised as Colour

#492F5A

  • #492F5A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#492F5A is a violet with RGB values 73, 47, 90 and HSL 276°, 31%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#492F5A#492F5A
HEX#492F5A
RGBrgb(73, 47, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1843, 0.3529
RGB percentages28.6%, 18.4%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(276.3, 31.4%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.3, 47.8%, 35.3%)
CMYK18.9%, 47.8%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,796,250
CSS custom property--colour: #492F5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness61.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#B6D0A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#26385Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2C3A59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#473640no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.3Midnight blue · ΔE 31.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.9Dim grey · ΔE 36.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 37.8Slate grey · ΔE 38.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 22.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#405A2F
Analogous#332F5A, #5A2F56
Triadic#5A492F, #2F5A49
Split complementary#565A2F, #2F5A33
Tetradic#5A332F, #405A2F, #2F565A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B090C5
Lighter +30%#986EB4
Lighter +20%#7F529D
Lighter +10%#64407C
Darker −10%#2E1E38
Darker −20%#130C17
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D1E6B
Less saturated −25%#454049

Channel breakdown

R73
G47
B90
Red73 (28.6%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue276.28°
Saturation (HSL)31.39%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 2F · B 5A

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