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Recognised as Colour

#755BE8

  • #755BE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#755BE8 is a blue with RGB values 117, 91, 232 and HSL 251°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#755BE8#755BE8
HEX#755BE8
RGBrgb(117, 91, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.3569, 0.9098
RGB percentages45.9%, 35.7%, 91%
HSLhsl(251.1, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.1, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK49.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,691,240
CSS custom property--colour: #755BE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#8AA417

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4B7C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.5Slate blue · ΔE 14.5Royal blue · ΔE 19.6Medium purple · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Medium orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEE85B
Analogous#5B88E8, #BB5BE8
Triadic#E8755B, #5BE875
Split complementary#E8BC5B, #87E85B
Tetradic#E85B88, #CEE85B, #5BE8BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6E1FB
Lighter +20%#C0B4F5
Lighter +10%#9B88EE
Darker −10%#4F2EE2
Darker −20%#3A1BC2
Darker −30%#2D1595
Darker −40%#1F0F68
More saturated +25%#6644FF
Less saturated −25%#8472D1

Channel breakdown

R117
G91
B232
Red117 (45.9%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue251.06°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 5B · B E8

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