Recognised as Colour

#7564BE

#7564BE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#7564BE is a blue with RGB values 117, 100, 190 and HSL 251°, 41%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#7564BE#7564BE

HEX#7564BE

RGBrgb(117, 100, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.3922, 0.7451

RGB percentages45.9%, 39.2%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(251.3, 40.9%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.3, 47.4%, 74.5%)

CMYK38.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,693,502

CSS custom property--colour: #7564BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#8A9B41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4373C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#446FBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Tritanopia#627688no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.2 Slate blue · ΔE 15 Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.4 Royal blue · ΔE 20.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ADBE64

Analogous#6480BE, #A264BE

Triadic#BE7564, #64BE75

Split complementary#BEA264, #80BE64

Tetradic#BE6480, #ADBE64, #64BEA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5F4FA

Lighter +30%#D5D0EB

Lighter +20%#B5ACDC

Lighter +10%#9588CD

Darker −10%#5947A8

Darker −20%#463884

Darker −30%#332861

Darker −40%#20193D

More saturated +25%#6449DA

Less saturated −25%#867FA3

Channel breakdown

R117

G100

B190

Red117 (45.9%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue251.33°

Saturation (HSL)40.91%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 75 · G 64 · B BE

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