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Colour

#452C97

  • #452C97
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#452C97 is a blue with RGB values 69, 44, 151 and HSL 254°, 55%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#452C97#452C97
HEX#452C97
RGBrgb(69, 44, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1725, 0.5922
RGB percentages27.1%, 17.3%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(254, 54.9%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254, 70.9%, 59.2%)
CMYK54.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,533,399
CSS custom property--colour: #452C97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#BAD368

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00449Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003E95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#24485Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.9Indigo · ΔE 14.1Midnight blue · ΔE 15Slate blue · ΔE 18.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.8Navy · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7E972C
Analogous#2C4997, #7A2C97
Triadic#97452C, #2C9745
Split complementary#977A2C, #49972C
Tetradic#972C49, #7E972C, #2C977A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7A9E6
Lighter +30%#9682DA
Lighter +20%#755ACF
Lighter +10%#5738BE
Darker −10%#332070
Darker −20%#211548
Darker −30%#0F0921
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3814AF
Less saturated −25%#52447F

Channel breakdown

R69
G44
B151
Red69 (27.1%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue254.02°
Saturation (HSL)54.87%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 2C · B 97

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