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Recognised as Colour

#460BBB

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

#460BBB is a violet with RGB values 70, 11, 187 and HSL 260°, 89%, 39%. 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

#460BBB#460BBB
HEX#460BBB
RGBrgb(70, 11, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0431, 0.7333
RGB percentages27.5%, 4.3%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(260.1, 88.9%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.1, 94.1%, 73.3%)
CMYK62.6%, 94.1%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,590,523
CSS custom property--colour: #460BBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#B9F444

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003AB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#004C6Dno 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 text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 15.2Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark blue · ΔE 19.2Dark violet · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 23.8Navy · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 15.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80BB0B
Analogous#0B28BB, #9E0BBB
Triadic#BB460B, #0BBB46
Split complementary#BB9E0B, #28BB0B
Tetradic#BB0B28, #80BB0B, #0BBB9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B999F9
Lighter +30%#9869F6
Lighter +20%#7739F3
Lighter +10%#580EEB
Darker −10%#34088B
Darker −20%#22055B
Darker −30%#10022A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#4200C6
Less saturated −25%#4E24A2

Channel breakdown

R70
G11
B187
Red70 (27.5%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue260.11°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 0B · B BB

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