Colour

#4609BB

#4609BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4609BB is a violet with RGB values 70, 9, 187 and HSL 261°, 91%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4609BB#4609BB

HEX#4609BB

RGBrgb(70, 9, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0353, 0.7333

RGB percentages27.5%, 3.5%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(260.6, 90.8%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 95.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK62.6%, 95.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,590,011

CSS custom property--colour: #4609BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.41:1

Contrast with white10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#B9F644

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0044BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#003AB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Tritanopia#004B6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.9 Blue violet · ΔE 17 Dark blue · ΔE 19.4 Dark violet · ΔE 19.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 24 Navy · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EBB09

Analogous#0925BB, #9F09BB

Triadic#BB4609, #09BB46

Split complementary#BB9F09, #25BB09

Tetradic#BB0925, #7EBB09, #09BB9F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B896FA

Lighter +30%#9865F8

Lighter +20%#7735F5

Lighter +10%#580BEC

Darker −10%#34078A

Darker −20%#22045A

Darker −30%#0F0229

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4300C4

Less saturated −25%#4E21A3

Channel breakdown

R70

B187

Red70 (27.5%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue260.56°

Saturation (HSL)90.82%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 09 · B BB

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