Recognised as Colour

#463B49

#463B49
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#463B49 is a violet with RGB values 70, 59, 73 and HSL 287°, 11%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#463B49

RGBrgb(70, 59, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.2314, 0.2863

RGB percentages27.5%, 23.1%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(287.1, 10.6%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 19.2%, 28.6%)

CMYK4.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,602,697

CSS custom property--colour: #463B49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.59:1

Contrast with white10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#B9C4B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A3E4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C3F48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#463C40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.3 Dim grey · ΔE 20.7 Black · ΔE 28.4 Slate grey · ΔE 28.4 Gray · ΔE 29 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E493B

Analogous#3F3B49, #493B45

Triadic#49463B, #3B4946

Split complementary#45493B, #3B493F

Tetradic#493F3B, #3E493B, #3B4549

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AD9FB1

Lighter +30%#95839A

Lighter +20%#7C6981

Lighter +10%#615265

Darker −10%#2B242D

Darker −20%#100D11

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F2B5A

Less saturated −25%#424242

Channel breakdown

R70

G59

B73

Red70 (27.5%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue287.14°

Saturation (HSL)10.61%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 46 · G 3B · B 49

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