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Recognised as Colour

#725FC6

  • #725FC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#725FC6 is a blue with RGB values 114, 95, 198 and HSL 251°, 47%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#725FC6#725FC6
HEX#725FC6
RGBrgb(114, 95, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3725, 0.7765
RGB percentages44.7%, 37.3%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(251.1, 47.5%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.1, 52%, 77.6%)
CMYK42.4%, 52%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,495,622
CSS custom property--colour: #725FC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#8DA039

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3171CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#326CC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#5A7589no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.3Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Royal blue · ΔE 15.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3C65F
Analogous#5F7FC6, #A65FC6
Triadic#C6725F, #5FC672
Split complementary#C6A65F, #7FC65F
Tetradic#C65F7F, #B3C65F, #5FC6A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F5FC
Lighter +30%#D5D0EE
Lighter +20%#B4AAE1
Lighter +10%#9385D3
Darker −10%#5540B2
Darker −20%#43328D
Darker −30%#312567
Darker −40%#1F1742
More saturated +25%#6144E1
Less saturated −25%#837AAB

Channel breakdown

R114
G95
B198
Red114 (44.7%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue251.07°
Saturation (HSL)47.47%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 5F · B C6

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