Recognised as Colour

#4501AC

#4501AC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4501AC is a violet with RGB values 69, 1, 172 and HSL 264°, 99%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4501AC#4501AC

HEX#4501AC

RGBrgb(69, 1, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0039, 0.6745

RGB percentages27.1%, 0.4%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(263.9, 98.8%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.9, 99.4%, 67.5%)

CMYK59.9%, 99.4%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,522,412

CSS custom property--colour: #4501AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.33:1

Contrast with white11.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#BAFE53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003EB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0036A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#034363no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.7 Navy · ΔE 19.2 Blue violet · ΔE 20 Medium blue · ΔE 20.1 Indigo · ΔE 21.6 Dark violet · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68AC01

Analogous#0113AC, #9A01AC

Triadic#AC4501, #01AC45

Split complementary#AC9B01, #13AC01

Tetradic#AC0113, #68AC01, #01AC9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AF7BFE

Lighter +30%#9048FE

Lighter +20%#7215FE

Lighter +10%#5901DF

Darker −10%#310179

Darker −20%#1C0047

Darker −30%#080014

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4500AD

Less saturated −25%#491796

Channel breakdown

R69

B172

Red69 (27.1%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue263.86°

Saturation (HSL)98.84%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 01 · B AC

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