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Recognised as Colour

#725BBD

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

#725BBD is a blue with RGB values 114, 91, 189 and HSL 254°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#725BBD#725BBD
HEX#725BBD
RGBrgb(114, 91, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3569, 0.7412
RGB percentages44.7%, 35.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(254.1, 42.6%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 51.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK39.7%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,494,589
CSS custom property--colour: #725BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#8DA442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#326DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#3569BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5E6F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.8Medium purple · ΔE 10.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.2Royal blue · ΔE 18Medium slateblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6BD5B
Analogous#5B75BD, #A35BBD
Triadic#BD725B, #5BBD72
Split complementary#BDA35B, #75BD5B
Tetradic#BD5B75, #A6BD5B, #5BBDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFECF8
Lighter +30%#D0C8E9
Lighter +20%#B1A4DA
Lighter +10%#917FCC
Darker −10%#5942A3
Darker −20%#45337F
Darker −30%#31245B
Darker −40%#1D1636
More saturated +25%#633EDA
Less saturated −25%#8178A0

Channel breakdown

R114
G91
B189
Red114 (44.7%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue254.08°
Saturation (HSL)42.61%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 5B · B BD

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