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Recognised as Colour

#453A49

  • #453A49
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#453A49 is a violet with RGB values 69, 58, 73 and HSL 284°, 11%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#453A49#453A49
HEX#453A49
RGBrgb(69, 58, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.2706, 0.2275, 0.2863
RGB percentages27.1%, 22.7%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(284, 11.5%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 20.5%, 28.6%)
CMYK5.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,536,905
CSS custom property--colour: #453A49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness63.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.74:1
Contrast with white10.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#BAC5B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#383D4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B3E48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#453C3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.8Dim grey · ΔE 21.4Black · ΔE 28.3Slate grey · ΔE 28.8Gray · ΔE 29.6Light slate grey · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E493A
Analogous#3D3A49, #493A46
Triadic#49453A, #3A4945
Split complementary#46493A, #3A493D
Tetradic#493D3A, #3E493A, #3A4649

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AC9DB2
Lighter +30%#94819B
Lighter +20%#7B6782
Lighter +10%#605165
Darker −10%#2A232D
Darker −20%#0F0D10
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4D2A59
Less saturated −25%#424242

Channel breakdown

R69
G58
B73
Red69 (27.1%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue284°
Saturation (HSL)11.45%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 45 · G 3A · B 49

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