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Colour

#492F8A

  • #492F8A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#492F8A is a violet with RGB values 73, 47, 138 and HSL 257°, 49%, 36%. 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

#492F8A#492F8A
HEX#492F8A
RGBrgb(73, 47, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1843, 0.5412
RGB percentages28.6%, 18.4%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(257.1, 49.2%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 65.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK47.1%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,796,298
CSS custom property--colour: #492F8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#B6D075

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00428Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#003F88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#354558no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.3Midnight blue · ΔE 12.4Indigo · ΔE 19.6Slate blue · ΔE 21Navy · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#708A2F
Analogous#2F438A, #762F8A
Triadic#8A492F, #2F8A49
Split complementary#8A762F, #438A2F
Tetradic#8A2F43, #708A2F, #2F8A76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6A5E0
Lighter +30%#977FD3
Lighter +20%#7859C6
Lighter +10%#5D3CB0
Darker −10%#352264
Darker −20%#21153E
Darker −30%#0D0818
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3F18A1
Less saturated −25%#534673

Channel breakdown

R73
G47
B138
Red73 (28.6%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)49.19%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 2F · B 8A

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