Recognised as Colour

#4609B7

#4609B7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4609B7 is a violet with RGB values 70, 9, 183 and HSL 261°, 91%, 38%. 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

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HEX#4609B7

RGBrgb(70, 9, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0353, 0.7176

RGB percentages27.5%, 3.5%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(261, 90.6%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261, 95.1%, 71.8%)

CMYK61.7%, 95.1%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,590,007

CSS custom property--colour: #4609B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73 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#232323

Inverted#B9F648

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0043BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0039B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#004A6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.5 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 16.6 Blue violet · ΔE 17.7 Dark blue · ΔE 17.8 Dark violet · ΔE 20.4 Navy · ΔE 22.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 16.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7AB709

Analogous#0923B7, #9D09B7

Triadic#B74609, #09B746

Split complementary#B79D09, #23B709

Tetradic#B70923, #7AB709, #09B79D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B792FA

Lighter +30%#9662F7

Lighter +20%#7631F5

Lighter +10%#590BE8

Darker −10%#330786

Darker −20%#210456

Darker −30%#0E0225

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4300C0

Less saturated −25%#4D219F

Channel breakdown

R70

B183

Red70 (27.5%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue261.03°

Saturation (HSL)90.63%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 09 · B B7

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