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Recognised as Colour

#708EAA

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

#708EAA is a blue with RGB values 112, 142, 170 and HSL 209°, 25%, 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

#708EAA#708EAA
HEX#708EAA
RGBrgb(112, 142, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.5569, 0.6667
RGB percentages43.9%, 55.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(209, 25.4%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209, 34.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK34.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,376,554
CSS custom property--colour: #708EAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#8F7155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838EABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C88A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5E9597no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.4Slate grey · ΔE 9.1Steel blue · ΔE 15Gray · ΔE 18.9Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA8C70
Analogous#70AAA9, #7071AA
Triadic#AA708E, #8EAA70
Split complementary#AA7071, #AAA970
Tetradic#A970AA, #AA8C70, #71AA70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F3F6
Lighter +30%#D0DAE3
Lighter +20%#B0C1D0
Lighter +10%#90A7BD
Darker −10%#567591
Darker −20%#435B71
Darker −30%#304151
Darker −40%#1D2731
More saturated +25%#548FC7
Less saturated −25%#8D8D8E

Channel breakdown

R112
G142
B170
Red112 (43.9%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue208.97°
Saturation (HSL)25.44%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 8E · B AA

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