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Recognised as Colour

#736AFD

  • #736AFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#736AFD is a blue with RGB values 115, 106, 253 and HSL 244°, 97%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#736AFD#736AFD
HEX#736AFD
RGBrgb(115, 106, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4157, 0.9922
RGB percentages45.1%, 41.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(243.7, 97.4%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.7, 58.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK54.5%, 58.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,564,029
CSS custom property--colour: #736AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#8C9502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0084FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0079FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#2F8DA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.3Slate blue · ΔE 17.9Royal blue · ΔE 18.8Medium purple · ΔE 23.2Dark orchid · ΔE 27.2Blue violet · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4FD6A
Analogous#6AAAFD, #BD6AFD
Triadic#FD736A, #6AFD73
Split complementary#FDBD6A, #AAFD6A
Tetradic#FD6AAA, #F4FD6A, #6AFDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D2CFFE
Lighter +10%#A29CFE
Darker −10%#4438FC
Darker −20%#1405FC
Darker −30%#0F03CB
Darker −40%#0B0299
More saturated +25%#7168FF
Less saturated −25%#847DEA

Channel breakdown

R115
G106
B253
Red115 (45.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue243.67°
Saturation (HSL)97.35%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 6A · B FD

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