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Recognised as Colour

#460ABC

  • #460ABC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#460ABC is a violet with RGB values 70, 10, 188 and HSL 260°, 90%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#460ABC#460ABC
HEX#460ABC
RGBrgb(70, 10, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0392, 0.7373
RGB percentages27.5%, 3.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(260.2, 89.9%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 94.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK62.8%, 94.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,590,268
CSS custom property--colour: #460ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.34:1
Contrast with white10.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#B9F543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003BB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#004C6Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 14.6Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Dark blue · ΔE 19.7Dark violet · ΔE 19.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1Navy · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 14.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80BC0A
Analogous#0A27BC, #9F0ABC
Triadic#BC460A, #0ABC46
Split complementary#BC9F0A, #27BC0A
Tetradic#BC0A27, #80BC0A, #0ABC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B998FA
Lighter +30%#9868F7
Lighter +20%#7738F4
Lighter +10%#580DEC
Darker −10%#34078C
Darker −20%#22055B
Darker −30%#10022B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4300C6
Less saturated −25%#4E23A3

Channel breakdown

R70
G10
B188
Red70 (27.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue260.22°
Saturation (HSL)89.9%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 0A · B BC

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