Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#748A99

  • #748A99
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#748A99 is a blue with RGB values 116, 138, 153 and HSL 204°, 15%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#748A99#748A99
HEX#748A99
RGBrgb(116, 138, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.5412, 0.6
RGB percentages45.5%, 54.1%, 60%
HSLhsl(204.3, 15.4%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.3, 24.2%, 60%)
CMYK24.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,637,657
CSS custom property--colour: #748A99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#8B7566

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#84899Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E8599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6A8E8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 2.2Slate grey · ΔE 4.1Gray · ΔE 11.8Cadetblue · ΔE 16.4Dim grey · ΔE 16.5Dark grey · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 2.21, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#998374
Analogous#749996, #747799
Triadic#99748A, #8A9974
Split complementary#997477, #999674
Tetradic#967499, #998374, #779974

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAEDEF
Lighter +30%#CCD4DA
Lighter +20%#AFBCC4
Lighter +10%#91A3AF
Darker −10%#5C707E
Darker −20%#475660
Darker −30%#313C43
Darker −40%#1C2125
More saturated +25%#5690B7
Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R116
G138
B153
Red116 (45.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue204.32°
Saturation (HSL)15.35%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 8A · B 99

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 “748a99” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.