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Recognised as Colour

#7499BA

  • #7499BA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7499BA is a blue with RGB values 116, 153, 186 and HSL 208°, 34%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7499BA#7499BA
HEX#7499BA
RGBrgb(116, 153, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.6, 0.7294
RGB percentages45.5%, 60%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(208.3, 33.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.3, 37.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK37.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,641,530
CSS custom property--colour: #7499BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#8B6645

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C99BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8392B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5CA1A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.8Slate grey · ΔE 14Steel blue · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 20.4Light skyblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9574
Analogous#74BAB8, #7476BA
Triadic#BA7499, #99BA74
Split complementary#BA7476, #BAB874
Tetradic#B874BA, #BA9574, #76BA74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFDFE
Lighter +30%#DAE4ED
Lighter +20%#B8CBDC
Lighter +10%#96B2CB
Darker −10%#5380A8
Darker −20%#426686
Darker −30%#314C64
Darker −40%#213241
More saturated +25%#5A9AD4
Less saturated −25%#8E98A0

Channel breakdown

R116
G153
B186
Red116 (45.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue208.29°
Saturation (HSL)33.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 74 · G 99 · B BA

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