Recognised as Colour

#0770BA

#0770BA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#0770BA is a blue with RGB values 7, 112, 186 and HSL 205°, 93%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0770BA#0770BA

HEX#0770BA

RGBrgb(7, 112, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.0275, 0.4392, 0.7294

RGB percentages2.7%, 43.9%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(204.8, 92.7%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.8, 96.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK96.2%, 39.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer487,610

CSS custom property--colour: #0770BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#F88F45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B75BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F66B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00828Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.7 Royal blue · ΔE 31 Deep skyblue · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BA5107

Analogous#07BAAB, #0716BA

Triadic#BA0770, #70BA07

Split complementary#BA0716, #BAAB07

Tetradic#AB07BA, #BA5107, #16BA07

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#92D0FB

Lighter +30%#61BAF9

Lighter +20%#30A5F7

Lighter +10%#098EEB

Darker −10%#055289

Darker −20%#033558

Darker −30%#011727

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0071C1

Less saturated −25%#1F6CA2

Channel breakdown

G112

B186

Red7 (2.7%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue204.8°

Saturation (HSL)92.75%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 07 · G 70 · B BA

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