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Recognised as Colour

#4603BA

  • #4603BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#4603BA is a violet with RGB values 70, 3, 186 and HSL 262°, 97%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4603BA#4603BA
HEX#4603BA
RGBrgb(70, 3, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0118, 0.7294
RGB percentages27.5%, 1.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(262, 96.8%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 98.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK62.4%, 98.4%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,588,474
CSS custom property--colour: #4603BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E
Inverted#B9FC45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0043BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0039B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004A6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.4Blue violet · ΔE 17.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Dark blue · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24.4Navy · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77BA03
Analogous#031CBA, #A103BA
Triadic#BA4603, #03BA46
Split complementary#BAA103, #1CBA03
Tetradic#BA031C, #77BA03, #03BAA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B58CFD
Lighter +30%#955AFC
Lighter +20%#7527FC
Lighter +10%#5904EC
Darker −10%#330288
Darker −20%#200156
Darker −30%#0D0123
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4500BD
Less saturated −25%#4C1BA2

Channel breakdown

R70
G3
B186
Red70 (27.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue261.97°
Saturation (HSL)96.83%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 03 · B BA

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