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Recognised as Colour

#46256F

  • #46256F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#46256F is a violet with RGB values 70, 37, 111 and HSL 267°, 50%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#46256F#46256F
HEX#46256F
RGBrgb(70, 37, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1451, 0.4353
RGB percentages27.5%, 14.5%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(266.8, 50%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 66.7%, 43.5%)
CMYK36.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,597,103
CSS custom property--colour: #46256F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.97:1
Contrast with white11.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#B9DA90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003671no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#07366Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3D3546no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 11Midnight blue · ΔE 14.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.8Indigo · ΔE 25.5Purple · ΔE 27.8Slate blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 11.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E6F25
Analogous#25296F, #6B256F
Triadic#6F4625, #256F46
Split complementary#6F6B25, #296F25
Tetradic#6F2529, #4E6F25, #256F6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AC89D8
Lighter +30%#9162CB
Lighter +20%#763FBB
Lighter +10%#5E3295
Darker −10%#2E1849
Darker −20%#160C23
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#441382
Less saturated −25%#48385D

Channel breakdown

R70
G37
B111
Red70 (27.5%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue266.76°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 25 · B 6F

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