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Recognised as Colour

#43779A

  • #43779A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#43779A is a blue with RGB values 67, 119, 154 and HSL 204°, 39%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#43779A#43779A
HEX#43779A
RGBrgb(67, 119, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.2627, 0.4667, 0.6039
RGB percentages26.3%, 46.7%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(204.1, 39.4%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.1, 56.5%, 60.4%)
CMYK56.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,421,530
CSS custom property--colour: #43779A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#BC8865

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#67779Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B6E99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008083no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.6Slate grey · ΔE 15.2Light slate grey · ΔE 16Cadetblue · ΔE 24.9Dim grey · ΔE 25.4Gray · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A6643
Analogous#439A92, #434B9A
Triadic#9A4377, #779A43
Split complementary#9A434B, #9A9243
Tetradic#92439A, #9A6643, #4B9A43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4D8E5
Lighter +30%#A0C0D6
Lighter +20%#7DA9C6
Lighter +10%#5991B7
Darker −10%#345C76
Darker −20%#244053
Darker −30%#15252F
Darker −40%#05090C
More saturated +25%#277CB6
Less saturated −25%#5F727E

Channel breakdown

R67
G119
B154
Red67 (26.3%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue204.14°
Saturation (HSL)39.37%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 43 · G 77 · B 9A

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