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Recognised as Colour

#460ACA

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

#460ACA is a violet with RGB values 70, 10, 202 and HSL 259°, 91%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#460ACA#460ACA
HEX#460ACA
RGBrgb(70, 10, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0392, 0.7922
RGB percentages27.5%, 3.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(258.8, 90.6%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 95%, 79.2%)
CMYK65.3%, 95%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,590,282
CSS custom property--colour: #460ACA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.74:1
Contrast with white9.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#B9F535

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004ACFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#003DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 9.2Blue violet · ΔE 16.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Dark blue · ΔE 25.6Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3Blue · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ECA0A
Analogous#0A2ECA, #A60ACA
Triadic#CA460A, #0ACA46
Split complementary#CAA60A, #2ECA0A
Tetradic#CA0A2E, #8ECA0A, #0ACAA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0A5FB
Lighter +30%#9E75F8
Lighter +20%#7C44F6
Lighter +10%#5A14F3
Darker −10%#350899
Darker −20%#240569
Darker −30%#130338
Darker −40%#030008
More saturated +25%#4200D4
Less saturated −25%#5024B0

Channel breakdown

R70
G10
B202
Red70 (27.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)90.57%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 0A · B CA

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