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Recognised as Colour

#4959DA

  • #4959DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#4959DA is a blue with RGB values 73, 89, 218 and HSL 233°, 66%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#4959DA#4959DA
HEX#4959DA
RGBrgb(73, 89, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.349, 0.8549
RGB percentages28.6%, 34.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(233.4, 66.2%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.4, 66.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK66.5%, 59.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,807,130
CSS custom property--colour: #4959DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#B6A625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#007991no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 10Slate blue · ΔE 10.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.8Medium purple · ΔE 21.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 10, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACA49
Analogous#49A2DA, #8149DA
Triadic#DA4959, #59DA49
Split complementary#DA8149, #A2DA49
Tetradic#DA49A2, #DACA49, #49DA81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F4FC
Lighter +30%#C8CDF4
Lighter +20%#9EA6EB
Lighter +10%#7380E3
Darker −10%#293AC7
Darker −20%#202E9D
Darker −30%#172173
Darker −40%#0F1548
More saturated +25%#2E44F5
Less saturated −25%#646EBF

Channel breakdown

R73
G89
B218
Red73 (28.6%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue233.38°
Saturation (HSL)66.21%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 59 · B DA

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