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Recognised as Colour

#7664BD

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

#7664BD is a blue with RGB values 118, 100, 189 and HSL 252°, 40%, 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

#7664BD#7664BD
HEX#7664BD
RGBrgb(118, 100, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.3922, 0.7412
RGB percentages46.3%, 39.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(252.1, 40.3%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.1, 47.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK37.6%, 47.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,759,037
CSS custom property--colour: #7664BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1664WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#899B42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4473C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4570BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#647687no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.5Slate blue · ΔE 15.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.3Royal blue · ΔE 20.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABBD64
Analogous#647EBD, #A364BD
Triadic#BD7664, #64BD76
Split complementary#BDA364, #7FBD64
Tetradic#BD647E, #ABBD64, #64BDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F3FA
Lighter +30%#D5CFEB
Lighter +20%#B5ACDB
Lighter +10%#9688CC
Darker −10%#5A47A7
Darker −20%#473883
Darker −30%#34295F
Darker −40%#20193C
More saturated +25%#6648D9
Less saturated −25%#8680A1

Channel breakdown

R118
G100
B189
Red118 (46.3%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue252.13°
Saturation (HSL)40.27%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 64 · B BD

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