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Recognised as Colour

#759BAE

  • #759BAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#759BAE is a blue with RGB values 117, 155, 174 and HSL 200°, 26%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#759BAE#759BAE
HEX#759BAE
RGBrgb(117, 155, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.6078, 0.6824
RGB percentages45.9%, 60.8%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(200, 26%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 32.8%, 68.2%)
CMYK32.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,707,566
CSS custom property--colour: #759BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#8A6451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9299AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8993AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#62A0A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 11.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18Gray · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8875
Analogous#75AEA4, #757EAE
Triadic#AE759B, #9BAE75
Split complementary#AE757F, #AEA475
Tetradic#A475AE, #AE8875, #7EAE75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F8F9
Lighter +30%#D5E1E7
Lighter +20%#B5CAD4
Lighter +10%#95B2C1
Darker −10%#598297
Darker −20%#466777
Darker −30%#334B57
Darker −40%#202F37
More saturated +25%#5AA4C9
Less saturated −25%#909293

Channel breakdown

R117
G155
B174
Red117 (45.9%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)26.03%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 75 · G 9B · B AE

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