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Recognised as Colour

#937BFE

  • #937BFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#937BFE is a blue with RGB values 147, 123, 254 and HSL 251°, 98%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#937BFE#937BFE
HEX#937BFE
RGBrgb(147, 123, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.4824, 0.9961
RGB percentages57.6%, 48.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(251, 98.5%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251, 51.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK42.1%, 51.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,665,534
CSS custom property--colour: #937BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#6C8401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F92FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#408CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#7497B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8Medium purple · ΔE 13.5Slate blue · ΔE 15.3Royal blue · ΔE 18.1Medium orchid · ΔE 25.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6FE7B
Analogous#7BA4FE, #D57BFE
Triadic#FE937B, #7BFE93
Split complementary#FED57B, #A4FE7B
Tetradic#FE7BA4, #E6FE7B, #7BFED5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E0FF
Lighter +10%#BCAEFE
Darker −10%#6A48FE
Darker −20%#4016FD
Darker −30%#2A02DE
Darker −40%#2101AC
More saturated +25%#927AFF
Less saturated −25%#9E8CED

Channel breakdown

R147
G123
B254
Red147 (57.6%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue250.99°
Saturation (HSL)98.5%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 7B · B FE

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