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Recognised as Colour

#738EAA

  • #738EAA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#738EAA is a blue with RGB values 115, 142, 170 and HSL 211°, 24%, 56%. 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

#738EAA#738EAA
HEX#738EAA
RGBrgb(115, 142, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.5569, 0.6667
RGB percentages45.1%, 55.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(210.5, 24.4%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.5, 32.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK32.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,573,162
CSS custom property--colour: #738EAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#8C7155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838EABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D89A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#629497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7Slate grey · ΔE 8.9Steel blue · ΔE 15.4Gray · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA8F73
Analogous#73AAAA, #7473AA
Triadic#AA738E, #8EAA73
Split complementary#AA7373, #AAAA73
Tetradic#AA73AA, #AA8F73, #73AA73

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F4F7
Lighter +30%#D2DBE4
Lighter +20%#B2C1D1
Lighter +10%#93A8BD
Darker −10%#587492
Darker −20%#455B72
Darker −30%#324252
Darker −40%#1F2832
More saturated +25%#578DC6
Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R115
G142
B170
Red115 (45.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue210.55°
Saturation (HSL)24.44%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 8E · B AA

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