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Recognised as Colour

#492F80

  • #492F80
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#492F80 is a violet with RGB values 73, 47, 128 and HSL 259°, 46%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#492F80#492F80
HEX#492F80
RGBrgb(73, 47, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1843, 0.502
RGB percentages28.6%, 18.4%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(259.3, 46.3%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 63.3%, 50.2%)
CMYK43%, 63.3%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,796,288
CSS custom property--colour: #492F80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#B6D07F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004083no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#3A4153no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6.9Midnight blue · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.9Indigo · ΔE 23.9Slate blue · ΔE 24.9Purple · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66802F
Analogous#2F3E80, #712F80
Triadic#80492F, #2F8049
Split complementary#80712F, #3E802F
Tetradic#802F3E, #66802F, #2F8071

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B39FDC
Lighter +30%#957ACE
Lighter +20%#7755C0
Lighter +10%#5E3DA5
Darker −10%#34215B
Darker −20%#1E1435
Darker −30%#090610
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#411996
Less saturated −25%#51456A

Channel breakdown

R73
G47
B128
Red73 (28.6%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue259.26°
Saturation (HSL)46.29%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 2F · B 80

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