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Recognised as Colour

#685BBE

  • #685BBE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#685BBE is a blue with RGB values 104, 91, 190 and HSL 248°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#685BBE#685BBE
HEX#685BBE
RGBrgb(104, 91, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3569, 0.7451
RGB percentages40.8%, 35.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(247.9, 43.2%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.9, 52.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK45.3%, 52.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,839,230
CSS custom property--colour: #685BBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.49:1
Contrast with white5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#97A441

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C6CC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A66BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4D7084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.1Medium purple · ΔE 12.3Royal blue · ΔE 15.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1BE5B
Analogous#5B80BE, #9A5BBE
Triadic#BE685B, #5BBE68
Split complementary#BE9A5B, #80BE5B
Tetradic#BE5B80, #B1BE5B, #5BBE9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEDF8
Lighter +30%#CDC9E9
Lighter +20%#ABA4DB
Lighter +10%#8A80CC
Darker −10%#4E41A5
Darker −20%#3D3380
Darker −30%#2C245C
Darker −40%#1A1637
More saturated +25%#533EDB
Less saturated −25%#7D78A1

Channel breakdown

R104
G91
B190
Red104 (40.8%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue247.88°
Saturation (HSL)43.23%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 5B · B BE

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