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Recognised as Colour

#46238E

  • #46238E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#46238E is a violet with RGB values 70, 35, 142 and HSL 260°, 60%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#46238E#46238E
HEX#46238E
RGBrgb(70, 35, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1373, 0.5569
RGB percentages27.5%, 13.7%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(259.6, 60.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 75.4%, 55.7%)
CMYK50.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,596,622
CSS custom property--colour: #46238E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#B9DC71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003D91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00398Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#2E4056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 9.9Indigo · ΔE 10.8Midnight blue · ΔE 14.3Navy · ΔE 17.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.2Dark blue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B8E23
Analogous#23358E, #7C238E
Triadic#8E4623, #238E46
Split complementary#8E7C23, #358E23
Tetradic#8E2335, #6B8E23, #238E7C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B198E5
Lighter +30%#926FDB
Lighter +20%#7346D1
Lighter +10%#5A2DB7
Darker −10%#321965
Darker −20%#1E0F3C
Darker −30%#090513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3E0DA4
Less saturated −25%#4E3978

Channel breakdown

R70
G35
B142
Red70 (27.5%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue259.63°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 23 · B 8E

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