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Recognised as Colour

#736F8A

  • #736F8A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#736F8A is a blue with RGB values 115, 111, 138 and HSL 249°, 11%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#736F8A#736F8A
HEX#736F8A
RGBrgb(115, 111, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4353, 0.5412
RGB percentages45.1%, 43.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(248.9, 10.8%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.9, 19.6%, 54.1%)
CMYK16.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,565,194
CSS custom property--colour: #736F8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#8C9075

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#69728Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#697289no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6F7378no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 11.3Light slate grey · ΔE 12.8Dim grey · ΔE 16.4Gray · ΔE 17Steel blue · ΔE 21.8Dark grey · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#868A6F
Analogous#6F798A, #816F8A
Triadic#8A736F, #6F8A73
Split complementary#8A816F, #788A6F
Tetradic#8A6F78, #868A6F, #6F8A81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0DFE6
Lighter +30%#C5C3CF
Lighter +20%#A9A7B8
Lighter +10%#8E8BA1
Darker −10%#5B586E
Darker −20%#444251
Darker −30%#2C2B35
Darker −40%#151419
More saturated +25%#5D50A9
Less saturated −25%#7D7D7D

Channel breakdown

R115
G111
B138
Red115 (45.1%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue248.89°
Saturation (HSL)10.84%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 6F · B 8A

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