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Recognised as Colour

#727F8B

  • #727F8B
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#727F8B is a blue with RGB values 114, 127, 139 and HSL 209°, 10%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#727F8B#727F8B
HEX#727F8B
RGBrgb(114, 127, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.498, 0.5451
RGB percentages44.7%, 49.8%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(208.8, 9.9%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.8, 18%, 54.5%)
CMYK18%, 8.6%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,503,755
CSS custom property--colour: #727F8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1
Contrast with white4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#8D8074

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A7F8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#777C8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6C8283no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 2.5Light slate grey · ΔE 4.5Gray · ΔE 8.4Dim grey · ΔE 11.7Dark grey · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 2.49, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B7E72
Analogous#728B8B, #72738B
Triadic#8B727F, #7F8B72
Split complementary#8B7273, #8B8B72
Tetradic#8B728B, #8B7E72, #738B72

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E5E7
Lighter +30%#C6CBD0
Lighter +20%#AAB2B9
Lighter +10%#8E98A2
Darker −10%#5B656F
Darker −20%#444C53
Darker −30%#2D3237
Darker −40%#16191B
More saturated +25%#5280AB
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R114
G127
B139
Red114 (44.7%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue208.8°
Saturation (HSL)9.88%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 72 · G 7F · B 8B

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