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Recognised as Colour

#775AE5

  • #775AE5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#775AE5 is a blue with RGB values 119, 90, 229 and HSL 253°, 73%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#775AE5#775AE5
HEX#775AE5
RGBrgb(119, 90, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.3529, 0.898
RGB percentages46.7%, 35.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(252.5, 72.8%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.5, 60.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK48%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,822,053
CSS custom property--colour: #775AE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#88A51A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Tritanopia#527B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.3Slate blue · ΔE 13.6Royal blue · ΔE 19.5Medium purple · ΔE 20.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8E55A
Analogous#5A83E5, #BC5AE5
Triadic#E5775A, #5AE577
Split complementary#E5BC5A, #83E55A
Tetradic#E55A83, #C8E55A, #5AE5BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4DEFA
Lighter +20%#C0B2F3
Lighter +10%#9B86EC
Darker −10%#532EDE
Darker −20%#3E1EBB
Darker −30%#30178F
Darker −40%#211063
More saturated +25%#6942FD
Less saturated −25%#8572CD

Channel breakdown

R119
G90
B229
Red119 (46.7%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue252.52°
Saturation (HSL)72.77%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 5A · B E5

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