Recognised as Colour

#4974AD

#4974AD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#4974AD is a blue with RGB values 73, 116, 173 and HSL 214°, 41%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4974AD

RGBrgb(73, 116, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.4549, 0.6784

RGB percentages28.6%, 45.5%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(214.2, 40.7%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 57.8%, 67.8%)

CMYK57.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,813,997

CSS custom property--colour: #4974AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#B68B52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D78AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#506EACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#008188no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 8.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.1 Slate grey · ΔE 25.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD8249

Analogous#49A6AD, #5049AD

Triadic#AD4974, #74AD49

Split complementary#AD5049, #A6AD49

Tetradic#AD49A6, #AD8249, #49AD50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5DFED

Lighter +30%#B1C4DE

Lighter +20%#8DA9CF

Lighter +10%#698EC0

Darker −10%#3A5C89

Darker −20%#2B4465

Darker −30%#1C2C41

Darker −40%#0C141E

More saturated +25%#2A70CC

Less saturated −25%#68788E

Channel breakdown

R73

G116

B173

Red73 (28.6%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue214.2°

Saturation (HSL)40.65%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G 74 · B AD

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