Colour

#604AFF

#604AFF
Blue
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Nearest: Blue violet

#604AFF is a blue with RGB values 96, 74, 255 and HSL 247°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#604AFF#604AFF

HEX#604AFF

RGBrgb(96, 74, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.2902, 1

RGB percentages37.6%, 29%, 100%

HSLhsl(247.3, 100%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(247.3, 71%, 100%)

CMYK62.4%, 71%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,310,655

CSS custom property--colour: #604AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#9FB500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Tritanopia#007CA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.6 Medium blue · ΔE 22.5 Dark violet · ΔE 24.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.2 Blue · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E9FF4A

Analogous#4A8FFF, #BA4AFF

Triadic#FF604A, #4AFF60

Split complementary#FFBA4A, #8FFF4A

Tetradic#FF4A8F, #E9FF4A, #4AFFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6E3FF

Lighter +20%#BAB0FF

Lighter +10%#8D7DFF

Darker −10%#3317FF

Darker −20%#1C00E3

Darker −30%#1500B0

Darker −40%#0F007D

More saturated +25%#604AFF

Less saturated −25%#7161E8

Channel breakdown

R96

G74

B255

Red96 (37.6%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue247.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 60 · G 4A · B FF

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