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Recognised as Colour

#727B8E

  • #727B8E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#727B8E is a blue with RGB values 114, 123, 142 and HSL 221°, 11%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#727B8E#727B8E
HEX#727B8E
RGBrgb(114, 123, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.4824, 0.5569
RGB percentages44.7%, 48.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(220.7, 11%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.7, 19.7%, 55.7%)
CMYK19.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,502,734
CSS custom property--colour: #727B8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1
Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#8D8471

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#757C8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#737A8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#6B7F81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 3.5Light slate grey · ΔE 5.5Gray · ΔE 11.6Dim grey · ΔE 13.5Dark grey · ΔE 21.1Steel blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 3.47, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E8572
Analogous#72898E, #77728E
Triadic#8E727B, #7B8E72
Split complementary#8E7772, #898E72
Tetradic#8E7289, #8E8572, #728E77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3E5E9
Lighter +30%#C7CBD2
Lighter +20%#ABB0BB
Lighter +10%#8E96A5
Darker −10%#5B6272
Darker −20%#454A55
Darker −30%#2E3139
Darker −40%#17191D
More saturated +25%#5270AE
Less saturated −25%#808080

Channel breakdown

R114
G123
B142
Red114 (44.7%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue220.71°
Saturation (HSL)11.02%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 7B · B 8E

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