Recognised as Colour

#684BFA

#684BFA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#684BFA is a blue with RGB values 104, 75, 250 and HSL 250°, 95%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#684BFA#684BFA

HEX#684BFA

RGBrgb(104, 75, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.2941, 0.9804

RGB percentages40.8%, 29.4%, 98%

HSLhsl(249.9, 94.6%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.9, 70%, 98%)

CMYK58.4%, 70%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,835,194

CSS custom property--colour: #684BFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#97B405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Tritanopia#007A9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.3 Dark violet · ΔE 23.5 Medium blue · ΔE 24.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25 Slate blue · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DDFA4B

Analogous#4B86FA, #BF4BFA

Triadic#FA684B, #4BFA68

Split complementary#FABF4B, #86FA4B

Tetradic#FA4B86, #DDFA4B, #4BFABF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E5E0FE

Lighter +20%#BBAEFD

Lighter +10%#927DFB

Darker −10%#3E19F9

Darker −20%#2906D9

Darker −30%#2005A7

Darker −40%#160376

More saturated +25%#6546FF

Less saturated −25%#7762E3

Channel breakdown

R104

G75

B250

Red104 (40.8%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue249.94°

Saturation (HSL)94.59%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G 4B · B FA

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