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Recognised as Colour

#7396B9

  • #7396B9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7396B9 is a blue with RGB values 115, 150, 185 and HSL 210°, 33%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7396B9#7396B9
HEX#7396B9
RGBrgb(115, 150, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.5882, 0.7255
RGB percentages45.1%, 58.8%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(210, 33.3%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 37.8%, 72.5%)
CMYK37.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,575,225
CSS custom property--colour: #7396B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#8C6946

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8897BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#808FB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5B9EA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12Steel blue · ΔE 13.1Slate grey · ΔE 14Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1Light skyblue · ΔE 21.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B99673
Analogous#73B9B9, #7373B9
Triadic#B97396, #96B973
Split complementary#B97373, #B9B973
Tetradic#B973B9, #B99673, #73B973

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFD
Lighter +30%#D9E3EC
Lighter +20%#B7C9DB
Lighter +10%#95B0CA
Darker −10%#537DA6
Darker −20%#426384
Darker −30%#314A62
Darker −40%#203040
More saturated +25%#5996D3
Less saturated −25%#8D969F

Channel breakdown

R115
G150
B185
Red115 (45.1%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 96 · B B9

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