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Recognised as Colour

#49308A

  • #49308A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#49308A is a violet with RGB values 73, 48, 138 and HSL 257°, 48%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#49308A#49308A
HEX#49308A
RGBrgb(73, 48, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1882, 0.5412
RGB percentages28.6%, 18.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(256.7, 48.4%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 65.2%, 54.1%)
CMYK47.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,796,554
CSS custom property--colour: #49308A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#B6CF75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00438Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#004088no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#354558no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 9.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.2Midnight blue · ΔE 12.5Indigo · ΔE 20.3Slate blue · ΔE 21Purple · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#718A30
Analogous#30448A, #76308A
Triadic#8A4930, #308A49
Split complementary#8A7630, #448A30
Tetradic#8A3044, #718A30, #308A76

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6A6E0
Lighter +30%#9780D3
Lighter +20%#785AC6
Lighter +10%#5D3DB0
Darker −10%#352364
Darker −20%#21163E
Darker −30%#0D0918
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3F19A1
Less saturated −25%#534773

Channel breakdown

R73
G48
B138
Red73 (28.6%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue256.67°
Saturation (HSL)48.39%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 30 · B 8A

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