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Recognised as Colour

#746ACE

  • #746ACE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#746ACE is a blue with RGB values 116, 106, 206 and HSL 246°, 51%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#746ACE#746ACE
HEX#746ACE
RGBrgb(116, 106, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.4157, 0.8078
RGB percentages45.5%, 41.6%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(246, 50.5%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 48.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK43.7%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,629,518
CSS custom property--colour: #746ACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#8B9531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#407AD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E74CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#587F92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Slate blue · ΔE 11Royal blue · ΔE 15Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4CE6A
Analogous#6A92CE, #A66ACE
Triadic#CE746A, #6ACE74
Split complementary#CEA66A, #92CE6A
Tetradic#CE6A92, #C4CE6A, #6ACEA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFDDF4
Lighter +20%#BCB7E7
Lighter +10%#9890DB
Darker −10%#5044C1
Darker −20%#3F349E
Darker −30%#2F2778
Darker −40%#201B51
More saturated +25%#6051E7
Less saturated −25%#8883B5

Channel breakdown

R116
G106
B206
Red116 (45.5%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)50.51%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 6A · B CE

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