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Recognised as Colour

#4E6BFA

  • #4E6BFA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#4E6BFA is a blue with RGB values 78, 107, 250 and HSL 230°, 95%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#4E6BFA#4E6BFA
HEX#4E6BFA
RGBrgb(78, 107, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.4196, 0.9804
RGB percentages30.6%, 42%, 98%
HSLhsl(229.9, 94.5%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.9, 68.8%, 98%)
CMYK68.8%, 57.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,139,450
CSS custom property--colour: #4E6BFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#B19405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008EA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.8Royal blue · ΔE 13.4Slate blue · ΔE 17.6Medium purple · ΔE 24.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 10.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FADD4E
Analogous#4EC1FA, #874EFA
Triadic#FA4E6B, #6BFA4E
Split complementary#FA874E, #C1FA4E
Tetradic#FA4EC1, #FADD4E, #4EFA87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3E7FE
Lighter +20%#B1BEFD
Lighter +10%#8094FB
Darker −10%#1C42F9
Darker −20%#062ADC
Darker −30%#0521AA
Darker −40%#031779
More saturated +25%#4968FF
Less saturated −25%#657AE3

Channel breakdown

R78
G107
B250
Red78 (30.6%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue229.88°
Saturation (HSL)94.51%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 4E · G 6B · B FA

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