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Recognised as Colour

#492F7C

  • #492F7C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#492F7C is a violet with RGB values 73, 47, 124 and HSL 260°, 45%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#492F7C#492F7C
HEX#492F7C
RGBrgb(73, 47, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1843, 0.4863
RGB percentages28.6%, 18.4%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(260.3, 45%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 62.1%, 48.6%)
CMYK41.1%, 62.1%, 0%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,796,284
CSS custom property--colour: #492F7C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#B6D083

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003F7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A3D7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Tritanopia#3C4050no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6.6Midnight blue · ΔE 14.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8Indigo · ΔE 25.9Slate blue · ΔE 26.7Purple · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#627C2F
Analogous#2F3B7C, #702F7C
Triadic#7C492F, #2F7C49
Split complementary#7C702F, #3B7C2F
Tetradic#7C2F3B, #627C2F, #2F7C70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B29DDA
Lighter +30%#9478CC
Lighter +20%#7753BE
Lighter +10%#5F3DA1
Darker −10%#332157
Darker −20%#1D1332
Darker −30%#08050D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#421A91
Less saturated −25%#504467

Channel breakdown

R73
G47
B124
Red73 (28.6%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue260.26°
Saturation (HSL)45.03%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 2F · B 7C

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