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Recognised as Colour

#7964DD

  • #7964DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#7964DD is a blue with RGB values 121, 100, 221 and HSL 250°, 64%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#7964DD#7964DD
HEX#7964DD
RGBrgb(121, 100, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3922, 0.8667
RGB percentages47.5%, 39.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(250.4, 64%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.4, 54.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK45.2%, 54.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,955,677
CSS custom property--colour: #7964DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#869B22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#217AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2174DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#597E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 5.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.1Medium purple · ΔE 10.6Royal blue · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5Medium orchid · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8DD64
Analogous#648CDD, #B564DD
Triadic#DD7964, #64DD79
Split complementary#DDB564, #8CDD64
Tetradic#DD648C, #C8DD64, #64DDB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E1F9
Lighter +20%#C1B8EF
Lighter +10%#9D8EE6
Darker −10%#553AD4
Darker −20%#4027B4
Darker −30%#311E8A
Darker −40%#221560
More saturated +25%#6A4CF5
Less saturated −25%#887CC5

Channel breakdown

R121
G100
B221
Red121 (47.5%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue250.41°
Saturation (HSL)64.02%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 64 · B DD

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