Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#7397FC

  • #7397FC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7397FC is a blue with RGB values 115, 151, 252 and HSL 224°, 96%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7397FC#7397FC
HEX#7397FC
RGBrgb(115, 151, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.5922, 0.9882
RGB percentages45.1%, 59.2%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(224.2, 95.8%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.2, 54.4%, 98.8%)
CMYK54.4%, 40.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,575,548
CSS custom property--colour: #7397FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#8C6803

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6DA2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C95FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#24ADBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 11.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.2Medium purple · ΔE 23.1Slate blue · ΔE 27.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD873
Analogous#73DCFC, #9373FC
Triadic#FC7397, #97FC73
Split complementary#FC9373, #DCFC73
Tetradic#FC73DC, #FCD873, #73FC93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7E1FE
Lighter +10%#A5BCFD
Darker −10%#4172FB
Darker −20%#0F4DFA
Darker −30%#043AD2
Darker −40%#032CA0
More saturated +25%#7096FF
Less saturated −25%#859FEA

Channel breakdown

R115
G151
B252
Red115 (45.1%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue224.23°
Saturation (HSL)95.8%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 73 · G 97 · B FC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “7397fc” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.