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Colour

#737A8E

  • #737A8E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#737A8E is a blue with RGB values 115, 122, 142 and HSL 224°, 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

#737A8E#737A8E
HEX#737A8E
RGBrgb(115, 122, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.4784, 0.5569
RGB percentages45.1%, 47.8%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(224.4, 10.7%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 19%, 55.7%)
CMYK19%, 14.1%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,568,014
CSS custom property--colour: #737A8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#8C8571

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#747B8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#72798Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6D7E80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 4.5Light slate grey · ΔE 6.2Gray · ΔE 12.1Dim grey · ΔE 13.7Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Dark grey · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 4.45, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E8773
Analogous#73878E, #7A738E
Triadic#8E737A, #7A8E73
Split complementary#8E7A73, #878E73
Tetradic#8E7387, #8E8773, #738E7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4E5E9
Lighter +30%#C8CAD2
Lighter +20%#ABB0BC
Lighter +10%#8F95A5
Darker −10%#5C6272
Darker −20%#454A56
Darker −30%#2E313A
Darker −40%#18191D
More saturated +25%#536BAE
Less saturated −25%#818181

Channel breakdown

R115
G122
B142
Red115 (45.1%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue224.44°
Saturation (HSL)10.67%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 7A · B 8E

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