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Recognised as Colour

#4500BE

  • #4500BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4500BE is a violet with RGB values 69, 0, 190 and HSL 262°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4500BE#4500BE
HEX#4500BE
RGBrgb(69, 0, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0, 0.7451
RGB percentages27.1%, 0%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(261.8, 100%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 100%, 74.5%)
CMYK63.7%, 100%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,522,174
CSS custom property--colour: #4500BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.52:1
Contrast with white10.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#BAFF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0044C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0039BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004C6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.1Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Dark blue · ΔE 21.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.8Navy · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79BE00
Analogous#001ABE, #A400BE
Triadic#BE4500, #00BE45
Split complementary#BEA400, #1ABE00
Tetradic#BE001A, #79BE00, #00BEA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B58BFF
Lighter +30%#9558FF
Lighter +20%#7425FF
Lighter +10%#5800F1
Darker −10%#32008B
Darker −20%#200058
Darker −30%#0D0025
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4500BE
Less saturated −25%#4C18A6

Channel breakdown

R69
G0
B190
Red69 (27.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue261.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 00 · B BE

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