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Recognised as Colour

#4505BC

  • #4505BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4505BC is a violet with RGB values 69, 5, 188 and HSL 261°, 95%, 38%. 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

#4505BC#4505BC
HEX#4505BC
RGBrgb(69, 5, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0196, 0.7373
RGB percentages27.1%, 2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(261, 94.8%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 97.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK63.3%, 97.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,523,452
CSS custom property--colour: #4505BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.5:1
Contrast with white10.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#202020
Inverted#BAFA43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0044C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0039B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#004B6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 13.7Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark violet · ΔE 19.8Dark blue · ΔE 20.3Dark orchid · ΔE 24.8Navy · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CBC05
Analogous#0521BC, #A005BC
Triadic#BC4505, #05BC45
Split complementary#BCA105, #20BC05
Tetradic#BC0521, #7CBC05, #05BCA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B691FC
Lighter +30%#965FFB
Lighter +20%#752EF9
Lighter +10%#5706EE
Darker −10%#33048A
Darker −20%#210259
Darker −30%#0E0127
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4300C1
Less saturated −25%#4C1DA4

Channel breakdown

R69
G5
B188
Red69 (27.1%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue260.98°
Saturation (HSL)94.82%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 05 · B BC

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