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Recognised as Colour

#46295E

  • #46295E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#46295E is a violet with RGB values 70, 41, 94 and HSL 273°, 39%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#46295E#46295E
HEX#46295E
RGBrgb(70, 41, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1608, 0.3686
RGB percentages27.5%, 16.1%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(272.8, 39.3%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 56.4%, 36.9%)
CMYK25.5%, 56.4%, 0%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,598,110
CSS custom property--colour: #46295E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness58.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.07:1
Contrast with white12.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#B9D6A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#193560no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#22365Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#42323Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.6Midnight blue · ΔE 24.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.2Purple · ΔE 36.1Indigo · ΔE 37.9Slate blue · ΔE 40.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 17.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#415E29
Analogous#2C295E, #5E295B
Triadic#5E4629, #295E46
Split complementary#5C5E29, #295E2C
Tetradic#5E2B29, #415E29, #295B5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AD88CB
Lighter +30%#9464BC
Lighter +20%#7B48A5
Lighter +10%#603882
Darker −10%#2C1A3A
Darker −20%#110A17
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#48186F
Less saturated −25%#443A4D

Channel breakdown

R70
G41
B94
Red70 (27.5%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue272.83°
Saturation (HSL)39.26%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 29 · B 5E

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