Colour

#46347B

#46347B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#46347B is a violet with RGB values 70, 52, 123 and HSL 255°, 41%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#46347B

RGBrgb(70, 52, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.2039, 0.4824

RGB percentages27.5%, 20.4%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(255.2, 40.6%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.2, 57.7%, 48.2%)

CMYK43.1%, 57.7%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,600,955

CSS custom property--colour: #46347B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.31:1

Contrast with white10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#B9CB84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0F417Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#143F79no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#374352no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 5.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 17.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8 Slate blue · ΔE 28.6 Indigo · ΔE 30.5 Medium purple · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697B34

Analogous#34467B, #69347B

Triadic#7B4634, #347B46

Split complementary#7B6A34, #457B34

Tetradic#7B3446, #697B34, #347B69

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B0A3D8

Lighter +30%#927FC9

Lighter +20%#735BBA

Lighter +10%#5A439F

Darker −10%#322557

Darker −20%#1D1633

Darker −30%#09070F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3B1E91

Less saturated −25%#514A65

Channel breakdown

R70

G52

B123

Red70 (27.5%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue255.21°

Saturation (HSL)40.57%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 34 · B 7B

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Colour values

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