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Recognised as Colour

#7766BD

  • #7766BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#7766BD is a blue with RGB values 119, 102, 189 and HSL 252°, 40%, 57%. 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 purple.

Colour values

#7766BD#7766BD
HEX#7766BD
RGBrgb(119, 102, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.4, 0.7412
RGB percentages46.7%, 40%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(251.7, 39.7%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.7, 46%, 74.1%)
CMYK37%, 46%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,825,085
CSS custom property--colour: #7766BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#889942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4774C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4971BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Tritanopia#657788no 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 text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.2Slate blue · ΔE 16.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.7Royal blue · ΔE 21.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACBD66
Analogous#6680BD, #A366BD
Triadic#BD7766, #66BD77
Split complementary#BDA366, #80BD66
Tetradic#BD6680, #ACBD66, #66BDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F5FA
Lighter +30%#D6D1EB
Lighter +20%#B6ADDC
Lighter +10%#978ACC
Darker −10%#5B48A8
Darker −20%#483984
Darker −30%#342A60
Darker −40%#211A3D
More saturated +25%#664BD8
Less saturated −25%#8881A2

Channel breakdown

R119
G102
B189
Red119 (46.7%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue251.72°
Saturation (HSL)39.73%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 66 · B BD

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