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Recognised as Colour

#452F79

  • #452F79
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#452F79 is a violet with RGB values 69, 47, 121 and HSL 258°, 44%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#452F79#452F79
HEX#452F79
RGBrgb(69, 47, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1843, 0.4745
RGB percentages27.1%, 18.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(257.8, 44%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 61.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK43%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,534,137
CSS custom property--colour: #452F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.85:1
Contrast with white10.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#BAD086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003E7Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#093C77no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#373F4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 6.5Midnight blue · ΔE 14.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Indigo · ΔE 27.7Slate blue · ΔE 28.1Purple · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63792F
Analogous#2F3E79, #6A2F79
Triadic#79452F, #2F7945
Split complementary#796A2F, #3E792F
Tetradic#792F3E, #63792F, #2F796A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AE9CD8
Lighter +30%#9077CA
Lighter +20%#7252BC
Lighter +10%#5A3D9E
Darker −10%#302154
Darker −20%#1B1230
Darker −30%#06040B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3C1A8E
Less saturated −25%#4E4464

Channel breakdown

R69
G47
B121
Red69 (27.1%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue257.84°
Saturation (HSL)44.05%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 2F · B 79

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