Colour

#46009B

#46009B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#46009B is a violet with RGB values 70, 0, 155 and HSL 267°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#46009B#46009B

HEX#46009B

RGBrgb(70, 0, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0, 0.6078

RGB percentages27.5%, 0%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(267.1, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.1, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK54.8%, 100%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,587,675

CSS custom property--colour: #46009B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#B9FF64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00389Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003399no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#253B59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 10.6 Indigo · ΔE 13.4 Navy · ΔE 13.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 23 Blue violet · ΔE 25.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#559B00

Analogous#00079B, #94009B

Triadic#9B4600, #009B46

Split complementary#9B9400, #079B00

Tetradic#9B0007, #559B00, #009B94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AC68FF

Lighter +30%#9035FF

Lighter +20%#7402FF

Lighter +10%#5D00CE

Darker −10%#2F0068

Darker −20%#180035

Darker −30%#010002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#46009B

Less saturated −25%#481388

Channel breakdown

R70

B155

Red70 (27.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue267.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 00 · B 9B

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