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Recognised as Colour

#7664BC

  • #7664BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7664BC is a blue with RGB values 118, 100, 188 and HSL 252°, 40%, 56%. 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

#7664BC#7664BC
HEX#7664BC
RGBrgb(118, 100, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.3922, 0.7373
RGB percentages46.3%, 39.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(252.3, 39.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.3, 46.8%, 73.7%)
CMYK37.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,759,036
CSS custom property--colour: #7664BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 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#899B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4573BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#466FBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#647587no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 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 12.9Slate blue · ΔE 16.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.3Royal blue · ΔE 21.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AABC64
Analogous#647EBC, #A264BC
Triadic#BC7664, #64BC76
Split complementary#BCA264, #7EBC64
Tetradic#BC647E, #AABC64, #64BCA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F2FA
Lighter +30%#D4CFEA
Lighter +20%#B5ABDB
Lighter +10%#9588CB
Darker −10%#5B48A5
Darker −20%#473882
Darker −30%#34295E
Darker −40%#20193B
More saturated +25%#6648D8
Less saturated −25%#8680A0

Channel breakdown

R118
G100
B188
Red118 (46.3%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue252.27°
Saturation (HSL)39.64%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 64 · B BC

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