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Recognised as Colour

#716EDE

  • #716EDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#716EDE is a blue with RGB values 113, 110, 222 and HSL 242°, 63%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#716EDE#716EDE
HEX#716EDE
RGBrgb(113, 110, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.4314, 0.8706
RGB percentages44.3%, 43.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(241.6, 62.9%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.6, 50.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK49.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,433,950
CSS custom property--colour: #716EDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#8E9121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#387FE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#2F77DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#48869Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 8.4Medium purple · ΔE 9.8Royal blue · ΔE 10.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 23Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBDE6E
Analogous#6EA3DE, #A96EDE
Triadic#DE716E, #6EDE71
Split complementary#DEA96E, #A3DE6E
Tetradic#DE6EA3, #DBDE6E, #6EDEA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBEBFA
Lighter +20%#C2C1F1
Lighter +10%#9A98E7
Darker −10%#4844D5
Darker −20%#2F2BBB
Darker −30%#242192
Darker −40%#1A1868
More saturated +25%#5C58F4
Less saturated −25%#8684C8

Channel breakdown

R113
G110
B222
Red113 (44.3%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue241.61°
Saturation (HSL)62.92%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 71 · G 6E · B DE

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