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Recognised as Colour

#775CDA

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

#775CDA is a blue with RGB values 119, 92, 218 and HSL 253°, 63%, 61%. 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 slateblue.

Colour values

#775CDA#775CDA
HEX#775CDA
RGBrgb(119, 92, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.3608, 0.8549
RGB percentages46.7%, 36.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(252.9, 63%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 57.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK45.4%, 57.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,822,554
CSS custom property--colour: #775CDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 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#6B6B6B
Inverted#88A325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#006ED7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#587892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 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 slateblue · ΔE 6.1Slate blue · ΔE 6.8Medium purple · ΔE 14Royal blue · ΔE 15.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.5Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFDA5C
Analogous#5C80DA, #B65CDA
Triadic#DA775C, #5CDA77
Split complementary#DAB65C, #80DA5C
Tetradic#DA5C80, #BFDA5C, #5CDAB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFD9F6
Lighter +20%#BCAFED
Lighter +10%#9A86E3
Darker −10%#5432D1
Darker −20%#4326AA
Darker −30%#321D80
Darker −40%#221456
More saturated +25%#6943F3
Less saturated −25%#8575C1

Channel breakdown

R119
G92
B218
Red119 (46.7%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue252.86°
Saturation (HSL)63%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 5C · B DA

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