Recognised as Colour

#452B79

#452B79
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#452B79 is a violet with RGB values 69, 43, 121 and HSL 260°, 48%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#452B79

RGBrgb(69, 43, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1686, 0.4745

RGB percentages27.1%, 16.9%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(260, 47.6%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 64.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK43%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,533,113

CSS custom property--colour: #452B79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.2:1

Contrast with white11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#BAD486

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003C7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#003A77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Tritanopia#373D4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 8 Midnight blue · ΔE 12.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.8 Indigo · ΔE 24.7 Slate blue · ΔE 27.3 Purple · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 7.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F792B

Analogous#2B3879, #6C2B79

Triadic#79452B, #2B7945

Split complementary#796C2B, #38792B

Tetradic#792B38, #5F792B, #2B796C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AD96DA

Lighter +30%#8F71CC

Lighter +20%#724BBF

Lighter +10%#5A389F

Darker −10%#301E53

Darker −20%#1A102E

Darker −30%#050308

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3E168D

Less saturated −25%#4C3F64

Channel breakdown

R69

G43

B121

Red69 (27.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)47.56%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 2B · B 79

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