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Recognised as Colour

#786ACB

  • #786ACB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#786ACB is a blue with RGB values 120, 106, 203 and HSL 249°, 48%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#786ACB#786ACB
HEX#786ACB
RGBrgb(120, 106, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.4157, 0.7961
RGB percentages47.1%, 41.6%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(248.7, 48.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.7, 47.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK40.9%, 47.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,891,659
CSS custom property--colour: #786ACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#879534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#447ACFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4375C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#607E91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.1Slate blue · ΔE 12.4Royal blue · ΔE 17Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDCB6A
Analogous#6A8CCB, #A96ACB
Triadic#CB786A, #6ACB78
Split complementary#CBA86A, #8CCB6A
Tetradic#CB6A8C, #BDCB6A, #6ACBA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFDBF3
Lighter +20%#BDB6E5
Lighter +10%#9A90D8
Darker −10%#5644BE
Darker −20%#443699
Darker −30%#332874
Darker −40%#221B4E
More saturated +25%#6651E4
Less saturated −25%#8A83B2

Channel breakdown

R120
G106
B203
Red120 (47.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue248.66°
Saturation (HSL)48.26%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 6A · B CB

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