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Recognised as Colour

#735BBD

  • #735BBD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#735BBD is a blue with RGB values 115, 91, 189 and HSL 255°, 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

#735BBD#735BBD
HEX#735BBD
RGBrgb(115, 91, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.3569, 0.7412
RGB percentages45.1%, 35.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(254.7, 42.6%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.7, 51.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK39.2%, 51.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,560,125
CSS custom property--colour: #735BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#8CA442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#326DC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3669BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Tritanopia#606F83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.8Medium purple · ΔE 10.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 16Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3Royal blue · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5BD5B
Analogous#5B74BD, #A45BBD
Triadic#BD735B, #5BBD73
Split complementary#BDA45B, #74BD5B
Tetradic#BD5B74, #A5BD5B, #5BBDA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFECF8
Lighter +30%#D0C8E9
Lighter +20%#B1A4DA
Lighter +10%#927FCC
Darker −10%#5A42A3
Darker −20%#46337F
Darker −30%#32245B
Darker −40%#1E1636
More saturated +25%#643EDA
Less saturated −25%#8278A0

Channel breakdown

R115
G91
B189
Red115 (45.1%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue254.69°
Saturation (HSL)42.61%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 5B · B BD

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