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Recognised as Colour

#725ABE

  • #725ABE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#725ABE is a blue with RGB values 114, 90, 190 and HSL 254°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#725ABE#725ABE
HEX#725ABE
RGBrgb(114, 90, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3529, 0.7451
RGB percentages44.7%, 35.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(254.4, 43.5%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.4, 52.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK40%, 52.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,494,334
CSS custom property--colour: #725ABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14607WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#8DA541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E6CC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3269BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5E6F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 8.7Medium purple · ΔE 10.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.5Royal blue · ΔE 17.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 8.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6BE5A
Analogous#5A74BE, #A45ABE
Triadic#BE725A, #5ABE72
Split complementary#BEA45A, #74BE5A
Tetradic#BE5A74, #A6BE5A, #5ABEA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFECF8
Lighter +30%#D0C8E9
Lighter +20%#B1A3DB
Lighter +10%#917FCC
Darker −10%#5941A4
Darker −20%#453280
Darker −30%#31245B
Darker −40%#1D1537
More saturated +25%#633DDB
Less saturated −25%#8177A1

Channel breakdown

R114
G90
B190
Red114 (44.7%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue254.4°
Saturation (HSL)43.48%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 5A · B BE

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