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Recognised as Colour

#4532AC

  • #4532AC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#4532AC is a blue with RGB values 69, 50, 172 and HSL 249°, 55%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#4532AC#4532AC
HEX#4532AC
RGBrgb(69, 50, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.1961, 0.6745
RGB percentages27.1%, 19.6%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(249.3, 55%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.3, 70.9%, 67.5%)
CMYK59.9%, 70.9%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,534,956
CSS custom property--colour: #4532AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#BACD53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00536Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.4Indigo · ΔE 16.4Slate blue · ΔE 16.7Navy · ΔE 18.5Dark blue · ΔE 18.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99AC32
Analogous#325CAC, #8232AC
Triadic#AC4532, #32AC45
Split complementary#AC8232, #5CAC32
Tetradic#AC325C, #99AC32, #32AC82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5BEEC
Lighter +30%#A296E1
Lighter +20%#7F6FD5
Lighter +10%#5C47CA
Darker −10%#352784
Darker −20%#251B5D
Darker −30%#151035
Darker −40%#06040E
More saturated +25%#3216C8
Less saturated −25%#584E90

Channel breakdown

R69
G50
B172
Red69 (27.1%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue249.34°
Saturation (HSL)54.95%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 32 · B AC

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