Recognised as Colour

#45015A

#45015A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#45015A is a violet with RGB values 69, 1, 90 and HSL 286°, 98%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#45015A

RGBrgb(69, 1, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0039, 0.3529

RGB percentages27.1%, 0.4%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(285.8, 97.8%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 98.9%, 35.3%)

CMYK23.3%, 98.9%, 0%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,522,330

CSS custom property--colour: #45015A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.95:1

Contrast with white14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#BAFEA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00235Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#002958no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#431B32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 17.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21 Indigo · ΔE 21.1 Purple · ΔE 22.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.1 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 17.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#165A01

Analogous#19015A, #5A0142

Triadic#5A4501, #015A45

Split complementary#425A01, #015A19

Tetradic#5A1901, #165A01, #01425A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB2AFD

Lighter +30%#B903F1

Lighter +20%#9202BF

Lighter +10%#6C028C

Darker −10%#1E0028

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#46005B

Less saturated −25%#3F0C4F

Channel breakdown

R69

B90

Red69 (27.1%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue285.84°

Saturation (HSL)97.8%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 01 · B 5A

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