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Recognised as Colour

#452D8C

  • #452D8C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#452D8C is a violet with RGB values 69, 45, 140 and HSL 255°, 51%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#452D8C#452D8C
HEX#452D8C
RGBrgb(69, 45, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1765, 0.549
RGB percentages27.1%, 17.6%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(255.2, 51.4%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 67.9%, 54.9%)
CMYK50.7%, 67.9%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,533,644
CSS custom property--colour: #452D8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.46:1
Contrast with white10.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#BAD273

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00418Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003D8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2D4458no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.7Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 12.6Indigo · ΔE 17.8Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Navy · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#748C2D
Analogous#2D458C, #752D8C
Triadic#8C452D, #2D8C45
Split complementary#8C742D, #458C2D
Tetradic#8C2D45, #748C2D, #2D8C74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3A3E2
Lighter +30%#937DD5
Lighter +20%#7356C9
Lighter +10%#5839B3
Darker −10%#322165
Darker −20%#1F143F
Darker −30%#0C0818
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3A16A3
Less saturated −25%#504475

Channel breakdown

R69
G45
B140
Red69 (27.1%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue255.16°
Saturation (HSL)51.35%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 2D · B 8C

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