Recognised as Colour

#46214E

#46214E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#46214E is a violet with RGB values 70, 33, 78 and HSL 289°, 41%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#46214E

RGBrgb(70, 33, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1294, 0.3059

RGB percentages27.5%, 12.9%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(289.3, 40.5%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 57.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK10.3%, 57.7%, 0%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,596,046

CSS custom property--colour: #46214E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.22:1

Contrast with white13.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#B9DEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#192D4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#25314Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Tritanopia#462734no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.3 Midnight blue · ΔE 30 Rebecca purple · ΔE 34.3 Purple · ΔE 38.1 Black · ΔE 38.4 Dim grey · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#294E21

Analogous#2F214E, #4E2140

Triadic#4E4621, #214E46

Split complementary#404E21, #214E2F

Tetradic#4E2F21, #294E21, #21404E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B776C5

Lighter +30%#A452B6

Lighter +20%#863F96

Lighter +10%#663072

Darker −10%#26122A

Darker −20%#060306

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F135C

Less saturated −25%#3D2F40

Channel breakdown

R70

G33

B78

Red70 (27.5%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue289.33°

Saturation (HSL)40.54%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 21 · B 4E

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