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Recognised as Colour

#686AEB

  • #686AEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#686AEB is a blue with RGB values 104, 106, 235 and HSL 239°, 77%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#686AEB#686AEB
HEX#686AEB
RGBrgb(104, 106, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.4157, 0.9216
RGB percentages40.8%, 41.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(239.1, 76.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 55.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK55.7%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,843,115
CSS custom property--colour: #686AEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#979514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#097FEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#0074E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#2088A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 5.9Royal blue · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 9.8Medium purple · ΔE 16.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE968
Analogous#68ACEB, #A768EB
Triadic#EB686A, #6AEB68
Split complementary#EBA768, #ACEB68
Tetradic#EB68AC, #EBE968, #68EBA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFEFFD
Lighter +20%#C2C3F7
Lighter +10%#9596F1
Darker −10%#3B3EE5
Darker −20%#1C1ED1
Darker −30%#1618A4
Darker −40%#101177
More saturated +25%#5457FF
Less saturated −25%#7D7FD6

Channel breakdown

R104
G106
B235
Red104 (40.8%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue239.08°
Saturation (HSL)76.61%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G 6A · B EB

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