Colour

#452A79

#452A79
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#452A79 is a violet with RGB values 69, 42, 121 and HSL 261°, 48%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#452A79

RGBrgb(69, 42, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1647, 0.4745

RGB percentages27.1%, 16.5%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(260.5, 48.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 65.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK43%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,532,857

CSS custom property--colour: #452A79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.29:1

Contrast with white11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#BAD586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003B7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#003977no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#373C4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 12.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.3 Indigo · ΔE 23.9 Slate blue · ΔE 27.1 Purple · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5E792A

Analogous#2A3779, #6D2A79

Triadic#79452A, #2A7945

Split complementary#796C2A, #37792A

Tetradic#792A36, #5E792A, #2A796C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AD95DA

Lighter +30%#8F6FCD

Lighter +20%#7249C0

Lighter +10%#5B379F

Darker −10%#2F1D53

Darker −20%#1A102D

Darker −30%#040307

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3F168D

Less saturated −25%#4B3E65

Channel breakdown

R69

G42

B121

Red69 (27.1%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue260.51°

Saturation (HSL)48.47%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 2A · B 79

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Colour values

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