Recognised as Colour

#450AA0

#450AA0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#450AA0 is a violet with RGB values 69, 10, 160 and HSL 264°, 88%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#450AA0#450AA0

HEX#450AA0

RGBrgb(69, 10, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0392, 0.6275

RGB percentages27.1%, 3.9%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(263.6, 88.2%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.6, 93.8%, 62.7%)

CMYK56.9%, 93.8%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,524,704

CSS custom property--colour: #450AA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#BAF55F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003BA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#00359Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Tritanopia#1C3F5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 10.7 Navy · ΔE 13.7 Indigo · ΔE 14.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7 Blue violet · ΔE 24.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 10.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#65A00A

Analogous#0A1AA0, #900AA0

Triadic#A0450A, #0AA045

Split complementary#A0900A, #1AA00A

Tetradic#A00A1A, #65A00A, #0AA090

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AE7FF7

Lighter +30%#904FF4

Lighter +20%#721FF1

Lighter +10%#5A0DD0

Darker −10%#300770

Darker −20%#1C0440

Darker −30%#070110

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4300AA

Less saturated −25%#4A1F8B

Channel breakdown

R69

G10

B160

Red69 (27.1%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue263.6°

Saturation (HSL)88.24%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 0A · B A0

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