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Recognised as Colour

#7579FB

  • #7579FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#7579FB is a blue with RGB values 117, 121, 251 and HSL 238°, 94%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#7579FB#7579FB
HEX#7579FB
RGBrgb(117, 121, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.4745, 0.9843
RGB percentages45.9%, 47.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(238.2, 94.4%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 53.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK53.4%, 51.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,698,939
CSS custom property--colour: #7579FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#8A8604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#318DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#1982F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#3596AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.5Royal blue · ΔE 11.5Slate blue · ΔE 13.8Medium purple · ΔE 15.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBF775
Analogous#75BCFB, #B475FB
Triadic#FB7579, #79FB75
Split complementary#FBB475, #BCFB75
Tetradic#FB75BC, #FBF775, #75FBB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8D9FE
Lighter +10%#A7A9FC
Darker −10%#4349FA
Darker −20%#1219F8
Darker −30%#060CD1
Darker −40%#05099F
More saturated +25%#7175FF
Less saturated −25%#878AE9

Channel breakdown

R117
G121
B251
Red117 (45.9%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue238.21°
Saturation (HSL)94.37%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 79 · B FB

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