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Recognised as Colour

#4600BD

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

#4600BD is a violet with RGB values 70, 0, 189 and HSL 262°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4600BD#4600BD
HEX#4600BD
RGBrgb(70, 0, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0, 0.7412
RGB percentages27.5%, 0%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(262.2, 100%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 100%, 74.1%)
CMYK63%, 100%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,587,709
CSS custom property--colour: #4600BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.53:1
Contrast with white10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#B9FF42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0044C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0039BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#004B6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 12.7Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Dark blue · ΔE 21.5Dark orchid · ΔE 25.4Navy · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77BD00
Analogous#0019BD, #A400BD
Triadic#BD4600, #00BD46
Split complementary#BDA500, #18BD00
Tetradic#BD0019, #77BD00, #00BDA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B58AFF
Lighter +30%#9557FF
Lighter +20%#7524FF
Lighter +10%#5900F0
Darker −10%#33008A
Darker −20%#200057
Darker −30%#0D0024
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4600BD
Less saturated −25%#4C18A5

Channel breakdown

R70
G0
B189
Red70 (27.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue262.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 00 · B BD

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