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Recognised as Colour

#4502AC

  • #4502AC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#4502AC is a violet with RGB values 69, 2, 172 and HSL 264°, 98%, 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

#4502AC#4502AC
HEX#4502AC
RGBrgb(69, 2, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0078, 0.6745
RGB percentages27.1%, 0.8%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(263.6, 97.7%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.6, 98.8%, 67.5%)
CMYK59.9%, 98.8%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,522,668
CSS custom property--colour: #4502AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04287WCAG 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 11.31:1
Contrast with white11.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#BAFD53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003EB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0036A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#034363no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 14.5Navy · ΔE 19Blue violet · ΔE 20.1Medium blue · ΔE 20.2Indigo · ΔE 21.4Dark violet · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 14.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69AC02
Analogous#0214AC, #9A02AC
Triadic#AC4502, #02AC45
Split complementary#AC9A02, #14AC02
Tetradic#AC0214, #69AC02, #02AC9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AF7DFD
Lighter +30%#914AFD
Lighter +20%#7218FC
Lighter +10%#5903DE
Darker −10%#31017A
Darker −20%#1D0147
Darker −30%#080015
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4500AE
Less saturated −25%#4A1896

Channel breakdown

R69
G2
B172
Red69 (27.1%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue263.65°
Saturation (HSL)97.7%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 02 · B AC

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