Recognised as Colour

#450BD6

#450BD6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#450BD6 is a violet with RGB values 69, 11, 214 and HSL 257°, 90%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#450BD6

RGBrgb(69, 11, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.0431, 0.8392

RGB percentages27.1%, 4.3%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(257.1, 90.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 94.9%, 83.9%)

CMYK67.8%, 94.9%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,525,014

CSS custom property--colour: #450BD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.24:1

Contrast with white9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#BAF429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004EDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0040D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Tritanopia#00587Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 97.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.7 Blue violet · ΔE 17.6 Dark violet · ΔE 21.1 Blue · ΔE 22.7 Dark blue · ΔE 30.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CD60B

Analogous#0B37D6, #AA0BD6

Triadic#D6450B, #0BD645

Split complementary#D6AA0B, #37D60B

Tetradic#D60B37, #9CD60B, #0BD6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7B2FB

Lighter +30%#A381F9

Lighter +20%#8051F6

Lighter +10%#5D20F4

Darker −10%#3509A5

Darker −20%#260675

Darker −30%#160444

Darker −40%#060114

More saturated +25%#4000E1

Less saturated −25%#5127BA

Channel breakdown

R69

G11

B214

Red69 (27.1%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue257.14°

Saturation (HSL)90.22%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 0B · B D6

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