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Recognised as Colour

#776DDD

  • #776DDD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#776DDD is a blue with RGB values 119, 109, 221 and HSL 245°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#776DDD#776DDD
HEX#776DDD
RGBrgb(119, 109, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.4275, 0.8667
RGB percentages46.7%, 42.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(245.4, 62.2%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.4, 50.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK46.2%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,826,909
CSS custom property--colour: #776DDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#889222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#397FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3478DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#55859Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 7.7Medium purple · ΔE 8.2Royal blue · ΔE 11.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3DD6D
Analogous#6D9BDD, #AF6DDD
Triadic#DD776D, #6DDD77
Split complementary#DDAF6D, #9BDD6D
Tetradic#DD6D9B, #D3DD6D, #6DDDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE9FA
Lighter +20%#C4C0F0
Lighter +10%#9E96E7
Darker −10%#5044D3
Darker −20%#382BB9
Darker −30%#2B2190
Darker −40%#1F1866
More saturated +25%#6556F3
Less saturated −25%#8983C6

Channel breakdown

R119
G109
B221
Red119 (46.7%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue245.36°
Saturation (HSL)62.22%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 6D · B DD

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