Recognised as Colour

#4600A8

#4600A8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#4600A8 is a violet with RGB values 70, 0, 168 and HSL 265°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4600A8

RGBrgb(70, 0, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0, 0.6588

RGB percentages27.5%, 0%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(265, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK58.3%, 100%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,587,688

CSS custom property--colour: #4600A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.5:1

Contrast with white11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B9FF57

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003CACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#144161no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 13.5 Navy · ΔE 17.8 Indigo · ΔE 19.7 Blue violet · ΔE 21 Medium blue · ΔE 21.9 Dark violet · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#62A800

Analogous#000EA8, #9A00A8

Triadic#A84600, #00A846

Split complementary#A89A00, #0EA800

Tetradic#A8000E, #62A800, #00A89A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AF75FF

Lighter +30%#9142FF

Lighter +20%#730FFF

Lighter +10%#5B00DB

Darker −10%#310075

Darker −20%#1C0042

Darker −30%#06000F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4600A8

Less saturated −25%#4A1593

Channel breakdown

R70

B168

Red70 (27.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue265°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 00 · B A8

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