Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#725FE3

  • #725FE3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#725FE3 is a blue with RGB values 114, 95, 227 and HSL 249°, 70%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#725FE3#725FE3
HEX#725FE3
RGBrgb(114, 95, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.3725, 0.8902
RGB percentages44.7%, 37.3%, 89%
HSLhsl(248.6, 70.2%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 58.1%, 89%)
CMYK49.8%, 58.1%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,495,651
CSS custom property--colour: #725FE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#8DA01C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#487D98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 3.5Slate blue · ΔE 9.5Royal blue · ΔE 15Medium purple · ΔE 16.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 3.55, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0E35F
Analogous#5F8EE3, #B45FE3
Triadic#E3725F, #5FE372
Split complementary#E3B45F, #8EE35F
Tetradic#E35F8E, #D0E35F, #5FE3B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E1FA
Lighter +20%#BEB6F2
Lighter +10%#988AEB
Darker −10%#4C34DB
Darker −20%#3721BB
Darker −30%#2A1990
Darker −40%#1D1264
More saturated +25%#6147FB
Less saturated −25%#8377CC

Channel breakdown

R114
G95
B227
Red114 (44.7%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue248.64°
Saturation (HSL)70.21%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 5F · B E3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “725fe3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.