Recognised as Colour

#4500A5

#4500A5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4500A5 is a violet with RGB values 69, 0, 165 and HSL 265°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4500A5

RGBrgb(69, 0, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0, 0.6471

RGB percentages27.1%, 0%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(265.1, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.1, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK58.2%, 100%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,522,149

CSS custom property--colour: #4500A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#BAFF5A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003BA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0034A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#15405Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 12.5 Navy · ΔE 16.6 Indigo · ΔE 18.4 Blue violet · ΔE 22 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8 Medium blue · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#60A500

Analogous#000EA5, #9700A5

Triadic#A54500, #00A545

Split complementary#A59700, #0EA500

Tetradic#A5000E, #60A500, #00A597

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#AD72FF

Lighter +30%#8F3FFF

Lighter +20%#720CFF

Lighter +10%#5A00D8

Darker −10%#300072

Darker −20%#1A003F

Darker −30%#05000C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4500A5

Less saturated −25%#481590

Channel breakdown

R69

B165

Red69 (27.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue265.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 00 · B A5

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