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Recognised as Colour

#4600B4

  • #4600B4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4600B4 is a violet with RGB values 70, 0, 180 and HSL 263°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4600B4#4600B4
HEX#4600B4
RGBrgb(70, 0, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0, 0.7059
RGB percentages27.5%, 0%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(263.3, 100%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 100%, 70.6%)
CMYK61.1%, 100%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,587,700
CSS custom property--colour: #4600B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C
Inverted#B9FF4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0041B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0037B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#004768no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 16.5Dark blue · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 20.2Navy · ΔE 22.6Dark orchid · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 16.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EB400
Analogous#0014B4, #A000B4
Triadic#B44600, #00B446
Split complementary#B4A000, #14B400
Tetradic#B40014, #6EB400, #00B4A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B281FF
Lighter +30%#934EFF
Lighter +20%#741BFF
Lighter +10%#5A00E7
Darker −10%#320081
Darker −20%#1E004E
Darker −30%#0B001B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4600B4
Less saturated −25%#4B179E

Channel breakdown

R70
G0
B180
Red70 (27.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue263.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 00 · B B4

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