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Recognised as Colour

#917DEE

  • #917DEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#917DEE is a blue with RGB values 145, 125, 238 and HSL 251°, 77%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#917DEE#917DEE
HEX#917DEE
RGBrgb(145, 125, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.4902, 0.9333
RGB percentages56.9%, 49%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(250.6, 76.9%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.6, 47.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK39.1%, 47.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,534,958
CSS custom property--colour: #917DEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#6E8211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5290F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#538BEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7894AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.6Slate blue · ΔE 14.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.6Royal blue · ΔE 17.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAEE7D
Analogous#7DA1EE, #CA7DEE
Triadic#EE917D, #7DEE91
Split complementary#EECA7D, #A1EE7D
Tetradic#EE7DA1, #DAEE7D, #7DEECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDD7FA
Lighter +10%#B7AAF4
Darker −10%#6B50E8
Darker −20%#4523E2
Darker −30%#3518BA
Darker −40%#28128D
More saturated +25%#866CFF
Less saturated −25%#9D8FDC

Channel breakdown

R145
G125
B238
Red145 (56.9%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue250.62°
Saturation (HSL)76.87%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 7D · B EE

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