Recognised as Colour

#785EFA

#785EFA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#785EFA is a blue with RGB values 120, 94, 250 and HSL 250°, 94%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#785EFA#785EFA

HEX#785EFA

RGBrgb(120, 94, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.3686, 0.9804

RGB percentages47.1%, 36.9%, 98%

HSLhsl(250, 94%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(250, 62.4%, 98%)

CMYK52%, 62.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,888,634

CSS custom property--colour: #785EFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#87A105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0074F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#4384A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.7 Blue violet · ΔE 21.8 Slate blue · ΔE 22.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5 Royal blue · ΔE 25.4 Medium purple · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E0FA5E

Analogous#5E92FA, #C65EFA

Triadic#FA785E, #5EFA78

Split complementary#FAC65E, #92FA5E

Tetradic#FA5E92, #E0FA5E, #5EFAC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F2FF

Lighter +20%#CBC1FD

Lighter +10%#A18FFC

Darker −10%#4F2DF8

Darker −20%#2D07EB

Darker −30%#2406B9

Darker −40%#1A0488

More saturated +25%#7559FF

Less saturated −25%#8673E5

Channel breakdown

R120

G94

B250

Red120 (47.1%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue250°

Saturation (HSL)93.98%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 78 · G 5E · B FA

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