Recognised as Colour

#4D5F87

#4D5F87
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#4D5F87 is a blue with RGB values 77, 95, 135 and HSL 221°, 27%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#4D5F87#4D5F87

HEX#4D5F87

RGBrgb(77, 95, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.3725, 0.5294

RGB percentages30.2%, 37.3%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(221.4, 27.4%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 43%, 52.9%)

CMYK43%, 29.6%, 0%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,070,727

CSS custom property--colour: #4D5F87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.36:1

Contrast with white6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#B2A078

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#516289no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B5D86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#39676Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.6 Slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Dim grey · ΔE 25.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 27.7 Gray · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87754D

Analogous#4D7C87, #584D87

Triadic#874D5F, #5F874D

Split complementary#87584D, #7C874D

Tetradic#874D7C, #87754D, #4D8758

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3CBDD

Lighter +30%#A3AFCA

Lighter +20%#8293B8

Lighter +10%#6277A5

Darker −10%#3A4867

Darker −20%#283146

Darker −30%#151A26

Darker −40%#030405

More saturated +25%#3255A2

Less saturated −25%#67696D

Channel breakdown

R77

G95

B135

Red77 (30.2%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue221.38°

Saturation (HSL)27.36%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4D · G 5F · B 87

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