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Recognised as Colour

#776DCE

  • #776DCE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#776DCE is a blue with RGB values 119, 109, 206 and HSL 246°, 50%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#776DCE#776DCE
HEX#776DCE
RGBrgb(119, 109, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.4275, 0.8078
RGB percentages46.7%, 42.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(246.2, 49.7%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.2, 47.1%, 80.8%)
CMYK42.2%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,826,894
CSS custom property--colour: #776DCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#889231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#477CD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Deuteranopia#4577CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5D8194no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Slate blue · ΔE 13.2Royal blue · ΔE 16.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4CE6D
Analogous#6D94CE, #A76DCE
Triadic#CE776D, #6DCE77
Split complementary#CEA76D, #94CE6D
Tetradic#CE6D94, #C4CE6D, #6DCEA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2E0F4
Lighter +20%#BEB9E8
Lighter +10%#9B93DB
Darker −10%#5347C1
Darker −20%#40369F
Darker −30%#312979
Darker −40%#221C53
More saturated +25%#6455E6
Less saturated −25%#8A85B6

Channel breakdown

R119
G109
B206
Red119 (46.7%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue246.19°
Saturation (HSL)49.74%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 6D · B CE

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