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Colour

#70788E

  • #70788E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#70788E is a blue with RGB values 112, 120, 142 and HSL 224°, 12%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#70788E#70788E
HEX#70788E
RGBrgb(112, 120, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.4706, 0.5569
RGB percentages43.9%, 47.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(224, 11.8%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 21.1%, 55.7%)
CMYK21.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,370,894
CSS custom property--colour: #70788E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#8F8771

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#727A8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F778Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#697C7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 5.3Light slate grey · ΔE 7.1Gray · ΔE 13.5Dim grey · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Dark grey · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E8670
Analogous#70878E, #77708E
Triadic#8E7078, #788E70
Split complementary#8E7770, #878E70
Tetradic#8E7087, #8E8670, #708E77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E4E8
Lighter +30%#C5C9D2
Lighter +20%#A9AEBB
Lighter +10%#8C93A5
Darker −10%#5A6071
Darker −20%#434855
Darker −30%#2D3038
Darker −40%#16181C
More saturated +25%#5069AE
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R112
G120
B142
Red112 (43.9%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue224°
Saturation (HSL)11.81%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 78 · B 8E

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