Recognised as Colour

#4609DC

#4609DC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#4609DC is a violet with RGB values 70, 9, 220 and HSL 257°, 92%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#4609DC#4609DC

HEX#4609DC

RGBrgb(70, 9, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0353, 0.8627

RGB percentages27.5%, 3.5%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(257.3, 92.1%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 95.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK68.2%, 95.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,590,044

CSS custom property--colour: #4609DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9:1

Contrast with white9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#B9F623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0050E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0041D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 7.2 Blue violet · ΔE 18.9 Blue · ΔE 19.8 Dark violet · ΔE 22.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 32.8 Dark blue · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FDC09

Analogous#0936DC, #B009DC

Triadic#DC4609, #09DC46

Split complementary#DCB009, #36DC09

Tetradic#DC0936, #9FDC09, #09DCB0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAB5FC

Lighter +30%#A684FA

Lighter +20%#8353F8

Lighter +10%#5F22F6

Darker −10%#3607AB

Darker −20%#27057A

Darker −30%#170349

Darker −40%#080118

More saturated +25%#4200E5

Less saturated −25%#5226BF

Channel breakdown

R70

B220

Red70 (27.5%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue257.35°

Saturation (HSL)92.14%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 09 · B DC

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