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Recognised as Colour

#452E5F

  • #452E5F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#452E5F is a violet with RGB values 69, 46, 95 and HSL 268°, 35%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#452E5F#452E5F
HEX#452E5F
RGBrgb(69, 46, 95)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1804, 0.3725
RGB percentages27.1%, 18%, 37.3%
HSLhsl(268.2, 34.8%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 51.6%, 37.3%)
CMYK27.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,533,855
CSS custom property--colour: #452E5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#BAD1A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#203861no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#26395Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Tritanopia#413742no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.6Midnight blue · ΔE 27.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 31.7Steel blue · ΔE 39.1Dim grey · ΔE 39.2Purple · ΔE 39.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#485F2E
Analogous#2E305F, #5D2E5F
Triadic#5F452E, #2E5F45
Split complementary#5F5D2E, #305F2E
Tetradic#5F2E30, #485F2E, #2E5F5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AB90C9
Lighter +30%#916DB9
Lighter +20%#774FA4
Lighter +10%#5E3F81
Darker −10%#2C1D3D
Darker −20%#130D1A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#441C71
Less saturated −25%#46404D

Channel breakdown

R69
G46
B95
Red69 (27.1%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue95 (37.3%)
Hue268.16°
Saturation (HSL)34.75%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 2E · B 5F

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