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Recognised as Colour

#45238E

  • #45238E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#45238E is a violet with RGB values 69, 35, 142 and HSL 259°, 60%, 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 Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#45238E#45238E
HEX#45238E
RGBrgb(69, 35, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1373, 0.5569
RGB percentages27.1%, 13.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(259.1, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK51.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,531,086
CSS custom property--colour: #45238E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#BADC71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#00398Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2C4056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 10.1Indigo · ΔE 10.9Midnight blue · ΔE 14.1Navy · ΔE 17.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C8E23
Analogous#23368E, #7B238E
Triadic#8E4523, #238E45
Split complementary#8E7B23, #378E23
Tetradic#8E2336, #6C8E23, #238E7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B098E5
Lighter +30%#916FDB
Lighter +20%#7246D1
Lighter +10%#592DB7
Darker −10%#311965
Darker −20%#1D0F3C
Darker −30%#090513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3D0DA4
Less saturated −25%#4D3978

Channel breakdown

R69
G35
B142
Red69 (27.1%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue259.07°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 23 · B 8E

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