Recognised as Colour

#46175B

#46175B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#46175B is a violet with RGB values 70, 23, 91 and HSL 281°, 60%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#46175B#46175B

HEX#46175B

RGBrgb(70, 23, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0902, 0.3569

RGB percentages27.5%, 9%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(281.5, 59.6%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 74.7%, 35.7%)

CMYK23.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,593,499

CSS custom property--colour: #46175B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.69:1

Contrast with white13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#B9E8A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002B5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#122F59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#442537no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 19 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.2 Purple · ΔE 27.6 Indigo · ΔE 28.4 Dark magenta · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 18.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C5B17

Analogous#24175B, #5B174E

Triadic#5B4617, #175B46

Split complementary#4E5B17, #175B24

Tetradic#5B2417, #2C5B17, #174E5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B566D8

Lighter +30%#A13DCE

Lighter +20%#852CAC

Lighter +10%#652184

Darker −10%#270D32

Darker −20%#07020A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B0969

Less saturated −25%#41254D

Channel breakdown

R70

G23

B91

Red70 (27.5%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue281.47°

Saturation (HSL)59.65%

Lightness22.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 17 · B 5B

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