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Recognised as Colour

#6252CF

  • #6252CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#6252CF is a blue with RGB values 98, 82, 207 and HSL 248°, 57%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#6252CF#6252CF
HEX#6252CF
RGBrgb(98, 82, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.3843, 0.3216, 0.8118
RGB percentages38.4%, 32.2%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(247.7, 56.6%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.7, 60.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK52.7%, 60.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,443,727
CSS custom property--colour: #6252CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#9DAD30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#357089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.6Royal blue · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 17.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFCF52
Analogous#5280CF, #A152CF
Triadic#CF6252, #52CF62
Split complementary#CFA152, #81CF52
Tetradic#CF5280, #BFCF52, #52CFA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F2FB
Lighter +30%#CFCAF0
Lighter +20%#AAA2E5
Lighter +10%#867ADA
Darker −10%#4534BA
Darker −20%#362992
Darker −30%#271E6A
Darker −40%#191243
More saturated +25%#4D36EB
Less saturated −25%#776EB3

Channel breakdown

R98
G82
B207
Red98 (38.4%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue247.68°
Saturation (HSL)56.56%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 62 · G 52 · B CF

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