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Recognised as Colour

#6174FA

  • #6174FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#6174FA is a blue with RGB values 97, 116, 250 and HSL 233°, 94%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#6174FA#6174FA
HEX#6174FA
RGBrgb(97, 116, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.4549, 0.9804
RGB percentages38%, 45.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(232.5, 93.9%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.5, 61.2%, 98%)
CMYK61.2%, 53.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,386,938
CSS custom property--colour: #6174FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.39:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#9E8B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1288FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#007AF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#0094ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.3Royal blue · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 14.7Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE761
Analogous#61C1FA, #9A61FA
Triadic#FA6174, #74FA61
Split complementary#FA9B61, #C0FA61
Tetradic#FA61C1, #FAE761, #61FA9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F6FF
Lighter +20%#C4CBFD
Lighter +10%#929FFC
Darker −10%#3049F8
Darker −20%#0824ED
Darker −30%#061DBC
Darker −40%#04158B
More saturated +25%#5C70FF
Less saturated −25%#7583E6

Channel breakdown

R97
G116
B250
Red97 (38%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue232.55°
Saturation (HSL)93.87%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 61 · G 74 · B FA

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