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Recognised as Colour

#7498AB

  • #7498AB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7498AB is a blue with RGB values 116, 152, 171 and HSL 201°, 25%, 56%. 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

#7498AB#7498AB
HEX#7498AB
RGBrgb(116, 152, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.5961, 0.6706
RGB percentages45.5%, 59.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(200.7, 24.7%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.7, 32.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK32.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,641,259
CSS custom property--colour: #7498AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#8B6754

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F97ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8790ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#629D9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.9Slate grey · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Gray · ΔE 17.5Dark grey · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB8774
Analogous#74ABA3, #747DAB
Triadic#AB7498, #98AB74
Split complementary#AB747D, #ABA374
Tetradic#A374AB, #AB8774, #7CAB74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F6F8
Lighter +30%#D3DFE5
Lighter +20%#B4C7D1
Lighter +10%#94B0BE
Darker −10%#597F93
Darker −20%#466473
Darker −30%#324854
Darker −40%#1F2D34
More saturated +25%#58A1C7
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R116
G152
B171
Red116 (45.5%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue200.73°
Saturation (HSL)24.66%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 98 · B AB

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