Colour

#452F90

#452F90
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#452F90 is a blue with RGB values 69, 47, 144 and HSL 254°, 51%, 37%. 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

#452F90#452F90

HEX#452F90

RGBrgb(69, 47, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1843, 0.5647

RGB percentages27.1%, 18.4%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(253.6, 50.8%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253.6, 67.4%, 56.5%)

CMYK52.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,534,160

CSS custom property--colour: #452F90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.18:1

Contrast with white10.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#BAD06F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004393no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003F8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#2A475Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 12.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 13.1 Indigo · ΔE 17.8 Slate blue · ΔE 19.2 Navy · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A902F

Analogous#2F4A90, #762F90

Triadic#90452F, #2F9045

Split complementary#90752F, #4A902F

Tetradic#902F4A, #7A902F, #2F9075

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B6A8E3

Lighter +30%#9582D6

Lighter +20%#745BCA

Lighter +10%#573CB6

Darker −10%#33226A

Darker −20%#201643

Darker −30%#0E091D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3817A8

Less saturated −25%#524778

Channel breakdown

R69

G47

B144

Red69 (27.1%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue253.61°

Saturation (HSL)50.79%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 45 · G 2F · B 90

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