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Recognised as Colour

#46156B

  • #46156B
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#46156B is a violet with RGB values 70, 21, 107 and HSL 274°, 67%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#46156B#46156B
HEX#46156B
RGBrgb(70, 21, 107)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0824, 0.4196
RGB percentages27.5%, 8.2%, 42%
HSLhsl(274.2, 67.2%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 80.4%, 42%)
CMYK34.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,593,003
CSS custom property--colour: #46156B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.29:1
Contrast with white13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#B9EA94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002E6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#003069no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3F2B3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4Indigo · ΔE 18.4Purple · ΔE 22.5Dark magenta · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A6B15
Analogous#1B156B, #6B1565
Triadic#6B4615, #156B46
Split complementary#656B15, #156B1B
Tetradic#6B1B15, #3A6B15, #15656B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AE6AE2
Lighter +30%#9740D9
Lighter +20%#7E26C0
Lighter +10%#621D96
Darker −10%#2A0D40
Darker −20%#0E0416
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#48057B
Less saturated −25%#44255B

Channel breakdown

R70
G21
B107
Red70 (27.5%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue274.19°
Saturation (HSL)67.19%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 15 · B 6B

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