Recognised as Colour

#462AFE

#462AFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue

#462AFE is a blue with RGB values 70, 42, 254 and HSL 248°, 99%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#462AFE#462AFE

HEX#462AFE

RGBrgb(70, 42, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.1647, 0.9961

RGB percentages27.5%, 16.5%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(247.9, 99.1%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(247.9, 83.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK72.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,598,526

CSS custom property--colour: #462AFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.95:1

Contrast with white6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#B9D501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0050FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Tritanopia#007099no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 106.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 14.6 Medium blue · ΔE 14.8 Blue violet · ΔE 23.3 Dark violet · ΔE 27.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 38.3 Dark blue · ΔE 42.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 14.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E2FE2A

Analogous#2A78FE, #B02AFE

Triadic#FE462A, #2AFE46

Split complementary#FEB02A, #78FE2A

Tetradic#FE2A78, #E2FE2A, #2AFEB0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F5FF

Lighter +30%#CAC2FF

Lighter +20%#9E90FE

Lighter +10%#725DFE

Darker −10%#2101F4

Darker −20%#1A01C1

Darker −30%#13018E

Darker −40%#0C005C

More saturated +25%#4529FF

Less saturated −25%#5A45E3

Channel breakdown

R70

G42

B254

Red70 (27.5%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue247.92°

Saturation (HSL)99.07%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 2A · B FE

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Colour values

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