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Recognised as Colour

#9477FC

  • #9477FC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9477FC is a blue with RGB values 148, 119, 252 and HSL 253°, 96%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9477FC#9477FC
HEX#9477FC
RGBrgb(148, 119, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.4667, 0.9882
RGB percentages58%, 46.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(253.1, 95.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.1, 52.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK41.3%, 52.8%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,730,044
CSS custom property--colour: #9477FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#6B8803

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#388FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C8AF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#7793AEno 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 text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.9Medium purple · ΔE 14.1Slate blue · ΔE 15.2Royal blue · ΔE 19Medium orchid · ΔE 23.7Dark orchid · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFFC77
Analogous#779CFC, #D777FC
Triadic#FC9477, #77FC94
Split complementary#FCD777, #9CFC77
Tetradic#FC779C, #DFFC77, #77FCD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3DBFE
Lighter +10%#BBA9FD
Darker −10%#6D45FB
Darker −20%#4513FA
Darker −30%#3205D5
Darker −40%#2604A3
More saturated +25%#9274FF
Less saturated −25%#9E88EB

Channel breakdown

R148
G119
B252
Red148 (58%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue253.08°
Saturation (HSL)95.68%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 77 · B FC

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