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Recognised as Colour

#4600AF

  • #4600AF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark blue

#4600AF is a violet with RGB values 70, 0, 175 and HSL 264°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#4600AF#4600AF
HEX#4600AF
RGBrgb(70, 0, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0, 0.6863
RGB percentages27.5%, 0%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(264, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK60%, 100%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,587,695
CSS custom property--colour: #4600AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.17:1
Contrast with white11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#B9FF50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003FB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0036ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#014465no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.9Medium blue · ΔE 18.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Navy · ΔE 20.6Dark violet · ΔE 21Indigo · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69AF00
Analogous#0012AF, #9E00AF
Triadic#AF4600, #00AF46
Split complementary#AF9E00, #12AF00
Tetradic#AF0011, #69AF00, #00AF9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B07CFF
Lighter +30%#9249FF
Lighter +20%#7316FF
Lighter +10%#5A00E2
Darker −10%#32007C
Darker −20%#1D0049
Darker −30%#090016
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4600AF
Less saturated −25%#4A1699

Channel breakdown

R70
G0
B175
Red70 (27.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 00 · B AF

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