Recognised as Colour

#451BC0

#451BC0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#451BC0 is a violet with RGB values 69, 27, 192 and HSL 255°, 75%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#451BC0

RGBrgb(69, 27, 192)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1059, 0.7529

RGB percentages27.1%, 10.6%, 75.3%

HSLhsl(255.3, 75.3%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.3, 85.9%, 75.3%)

CMYK64.1%, 85.9%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,529,088

CSS custom property--colour: #451BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.67:1

Contrast with white9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#BAE43F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003FBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005272no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 17.1 Blue violet · ΔE 17.1 Dark blue · ΔE 18.7 Dark violet · ΔE 21.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 23 Navy · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96C01B

Analogous#1B44C0, #971BC0

Triadic#C0451B, #1BC045

Split complementary#C0971B, #44C01B

Tetradic#C01B44, #96C01B, #1BC097

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3B3F4

Lighter +30%#A086EE

Lighter +20%#7E59E8

Lighter +10%#5B2DE1

Darker −10%#351593

Darker −20%#250E67

Darker −30%#15083A

Darker −40%#05020D

More saturated +25%#3800DB

Less saturated −25%#5236A5

Channel breakdown

R69

G27

B192

Red69 (27.1%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue192 (75.3%)

Hue255.27°

Saturation (HSL)75.34%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 1B · B C0

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