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Recognised as Colour

#708DAB

  • #708DAB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#708DAB is a blue with RGB values 112, 141, 171 and HSL 211°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#708DAB#708DAB
HEX#708DAB
RGBrgb(112, 141, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.5529, 0.6706
RGB percentages43.9%, 55.3%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(210.5, 26%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.5, 34.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK34.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,376,299
CSS custom property--colour: #708DAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#8F7254

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#828DACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A87AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5D9497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 9.7Steel blue · ΔE 14.1Gray · ΔE 19.7Cadetblue · ΔE 20.9Light steelblue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB8E70
Analogous#70ABAB, #7070AB
Triadic#AB708D, #8DAB70
Split complementary#AB7170, #ABAB70
Tetradic#AB70AB, #AB8E70, #70AB70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F3F6
Lighter +30%#D0DAE4
Lighter +20%#B0C0D1
Lighter +10%#90A7BE
Darker −10%#567392
Darker −20%#435A72
Darker −30%#304152
Darker −40%#1D2732
More saturated +25%#548DC7
Less saturated −25%#8C8D8F

Channel breakdown

R112
G141
B171
Red112 (43.9%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue210.51°
Saturation (HSL)25.99%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 8D · B AB

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