Recognised as Colour

#4502B1

#4502B1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4502B1 is a violet with RGB values 69, 2, 177 and HSL 263°, 98%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4502B1#4502B1

HEX#4502B1

RGBrgb(69, 2, 177)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0078, 0.6941

RGB percentages27.1%, 0.8%, 69.4%

HSLhsl(263, 97.8%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263, 98.9%, 69.4%)

CMYK61%, 98.9%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,522,673

CSS custom property--colour: #4502B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.07:1

Contrast with white11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#BAFD4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0040B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0037AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Tritanopia#004667no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 16.4 Medium blue · ΔE 18 Blue violet · ΔE 18.9 Dark violet · ΔE 21 Navy · ΔE 21.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6EB102

Analogous#0217B1, #9C02B1

Triadic#B14502, #02B145

Split complementary#B19C02, #17B102

Tetradic#B10217, #6EB102, #02B19C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B181FE

Lighter +30%#924FFD

Lighter +20%#721DFC

Lighter +10%#5903E3

Darker −10%#31017F

Darker −20%#1E014C

Darker −30%#0A001A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4500B3

Less saturated −25%#4A189B

Channel breakdown

R69

B177

Red69 (27.1%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue177 (69.4%)

Hue262.97°

Saturation (HSL)97.77%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 02 · B B1

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