Recognised as Colour

#461BC0

#461BC0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#461BC0 is a violet with RGB values 70, 27, 192 and HSL 256°, 75%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#461BC0

RGBrgb(70, 27, 192)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1059, 0.7529

RGB percentages27.5%, 10.6%, 75.3%

HSLhsl(255.6, 75.3%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.6, 85.9%, 75.3%)

CMYK63.5%, 85.9%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,594,624

CSS custom property--colour: #461BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1

Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#B9E43F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#003FBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Tritanopia#005172no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.9 Medium blue · ΔE 17.2 Dark blue · ΔE 18.7 Dark violet · ΔE 21 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8 Navy · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95C01B

Analogous#1B43C0, #991BC0

Triadic#C0461B, #1BC046

Split complementary#C0981B, #42C01B

Tetradic#C01B42, #95C01B, #1BC098

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4B3F4

Lighter +30%#A186EE

Lighter +20%#7E59E8

Lighter +10%#5C2DE1

Darker −10%#361593

Darker −20%#250E67

Darker −30%#15083A

Darker −40%#05020D

More saturated +25%#3900DB

Less saturated −25%#5336A5

Channel breakdown

R70

G27

B192

Red70 (27.5%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue192 (75.3%)

Hue255.64°

Saturation (HSL)75.34%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 1B · B C0

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