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Recognised as Colour

#745FC9

  • #745FC9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#745FC9 is a blue with RGB values 116, 95, 201 and HSL 252°, 50%, 58%. 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

#745FC9#745FC9
HEX#745FC9
RGBrgb(116, 95, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.3725, 0.7882
RGB percentages45.5%, 37.3%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(251.9, 49.5%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.9, 52.7%, 78.8%)
CMYK42.3%, 52.7%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,626,697
CSS custom property--colour: #745FC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#8BA036

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E72CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#306DC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5C758Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.8Medium purple · ΔE 8.6Royal blue · ΔE 15Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4C95F
Analogous#5F7FC9, #A95FC9
Triadic#C9745F, #5FC974
Split complementary#C9A95F, #7FC95F
Tetradic#C95F7F, #B4C95F, #5FC9A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F8FC
Lighter +30%#D7D1F0
Lighter +20%#B6ABE3
Lighter +10%#9585D6
Darker −10%#563EB7
Darker −20%#443191
Darker −30%#32246B
Darker −40%#201745
More saturated +25%#6444E4
Less saturated −25%#847AAE

Channel breakdown

R116
G95
B201
Red116 (45.5%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue251.89°
Saturation (HSL)49.53%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 5F · B C9

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