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Recognised as Colour

#708FAB

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

#708FAB is a blue with RGB values 112, 143, 171 and HSL 208°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#708FAB#708FAB
HEX#708FAB
RGBrgb(112, 143, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.5608, 0.6706
RGB percentages43.9%, 56.1%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(208.5, 26%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.5, 34.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK34.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,376,811
CSS custom property--colour: #708FAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.21:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#8F7054

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#848FACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C89AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5D9698no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.6Slate grey · ΔE 9.4Steel blue · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 19.2Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4Light steelblue · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB8C70
Analogous#70ABA9, #7072AB
Triadic#AB708F, #8FAB70
Split complementary#AB7072, #ABA970
Tetradic#A970AB, #AB8C70, #72AB70

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F4F6
Lighter +30%#D0DAE4
Lighter +20%#B0C1D1
Lighter +10%#90A8BE
Darker −10%#567692
Darker −20%#435C72
Darker −30%#304252
Darker −40%#1D2832
More saturated +25%#5490C7
Less saturated −25%#8C8E8F

Channel breakdown

R112
G143
B171
Red112 (43.9%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue208.47°
Saturation (HSL)25.99%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 70 · G 8F · B AB

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