Colour

#594AA7

#594AA7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#594AA7 is a blue with RGB values 89, 74, 167 and HSL 250°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#594AA7

RGBrgb(89, 74, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.2902, 0.6549

RGB percentages34.9%, 29%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(249.7, 38.6%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.7, 55.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK46.7%, 55.7%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,851,815

CSS custom property--colour: #594AA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.09:1

Contrast with white7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#A6B558

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#165BAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1556A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Tritanopia#405E71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 10.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2 Slate blue · ΔE 13.5 Medium purple · ΔE 18.7 Royal blue · ΔE 20.4 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98A74A

Analogous#4A6AA7, #874AA7

Triadic#A7594A, #4AA759

Split complementary#A7874A, #6AA74A

Tetradic#A74A6A, #98A74A, #4AA787

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6D2EB

Lighter +30%#B6AFDB

Lighter +20%#968BCC

Lighter +10%#7668BC

Darker −10%#463A84

Darker −20%#332B60

Darker −30%#201B3D

Darker −40%#0E0B1A

More saturated +25%#452CC5

Less saturated −25%#6D6889

Channel breakdown

R89

G74

B167

Red89 (34.9%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue249.68°

Saturation (HSL)38.59%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 4A · B A7

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