Recognised as Colour

#4D68AE

#4D68AE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#4D68AE is a blue with RGB values 77, 104, 174 and HSL 223°, 39%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4D68AE

RGBrgb(77, 104, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.302, 0.4078, 0.6824

RGB percentages30.2%, 40.8%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(223.3, 38.6%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.3, 55.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK55.7%, 40.2%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,073,070

CSS custom property--colour: #4D68AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#B29751

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B6FB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F66ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#147782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 18.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1 Medium purple · ΔE 29.2 Royal blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 18.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE934D

Analogous#4D99AE, #634DAE

Triadic#AE4D68, #68AE4D

Split complementary#AE624D, #99AE4D

Tetradic#AE4D99, #AE934D, #4DAE62

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9DFEE

Lighter +30%#B6C1DE

Lighter +20%#92A3CF

Lighter +10%#6F85BF

Darker −10%#3D538B

Darker −20%#2E3E67

Darker −30%#1E2944

Darker −40%#0E1321

More saturated +25%#2E5ACD

Less saturated −25%#6C768F

Channel breakdown

R77

G104

B174

Red77 (30.2%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue223.3°

Saturation (HSL)38.65%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4D · G 68 · B AE

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