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Recognised as Colour

#463C55

  • #463C55
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#463C55 is a violet with RGB values 70, 60, 85 and HSL 264°, 17%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#463C55#463C55
HEX#463C55
RGBrgb(70, 60, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.2353, 0.3333
RGB percentages27.5%, 23.5%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(264, 17.2%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 29.4%, 33.3%)
CMYK17.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,602,965
CSS custom property--colour: #463C55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.3:1
Contrast with white10.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#B9C3AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#374056no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#394054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#444045no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 24Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.2Slate grey · ΔE 28.5Gray · ΔE 31.2Light slate grey · ΔE 31.3Black · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 24.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B553C
Analogous#3C3F55, #533C55
Triadic#55463C, #3C5546
Split complementary#55523C, #3F553C
Tetradic#553C3E, #4B553C, #3C5552

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACA1BC
Lighter +30%#9183A7
Lighter +20%#776691
Lighter +10%#5F5173
Darker −10%#2D2737
Darker −20%#151219
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#422A67
Less saturated −25%#494949

Channel breakdown

R70
G60
B85
Red70 (27.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)17.24%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 46 · G 3C · B 55

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