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Recognised as Colour

#7660C9

  • #7660C9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7660C9 is a blue with RGB values 118, 96, 201 and HSL 253°, 49%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7660C9#7660C9
HEX#7660C9
RGBrgb(118, 96, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.3765, 0.7882
RGB percentages46.3%, 37.6%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(252.6, 49.3%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.6, 52.2%, 78.8%)
CMYK41.3%, 52.2%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,758,025
CSS custom property--colour: #7660C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#899F36

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3173CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#346EC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#5F768Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 6.6Medium purple · ΔE 8.1Royal blue · ΔE 15.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3C960
Analogous#607FC9, #AB60C9
Triadic#C97660, #60C976
Split complementary#C9AA60, #7FC960
Tetradic#C9607E, #B3C960, #60C9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F8FD
Lighter +30%#D8D2F0
Lighter +20%#B8ACE3
Lighter +10%#9786D6
Darker −10%#583EB8
Darker −20%#463192
Darker −30%#33256B
Darker −40%#211845
More saturated +25%#6745E4
Less saturated −25%#857BAE

Channel breakdown

R118
G96
B201
Red118 (46.3%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue252.57°
Saturation (HSL)49.3%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 60 · B C9

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