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Recognised as Colour

#4600D7

  • #4600D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4600D7 is a violet with RGB values 70, 0, 215 and HSL 260°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4600D7#4600D7
HEX#4600D7
RGBrgb(70, 0, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0, 0.8431
RGB percentages27.5%, 0%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(259.5, 100%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 100%, 84.3%)
CMYK67.4%, 100%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,587,735
CSS custom property--colour: #4600D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#B9FF28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#003FD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00577Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 6.7Blue violet · ΔE 18.8Blue · ΔE 20.8Dark violet · ΔE 21.6Dark orchid · ΔE 32.4Dark blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91D700
Analogous#0026D7, #B100D7
Triadic#D74600, #00D746
Split complementary#D7B200, #26D700
Tetradic#D70026, #91D700, #00D7B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2A4FF
Lighter +30%#9F71FF
Lighter +20%#7D3EFF
Lighter +10%#5A0BFF
Darker −10%#3500A4
Darker −20%#250071
Darker −30%#14003E
Darker −40%#04000B
More saturated +25%#4600D7
Less saturated −25%#4F1BBC

Channel breakdown

R70
G0
B215
Red70 (27.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue259.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 00 · B D7

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