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Recognised as Colour

#7697BA

  • #7697BA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7697BA is a blue with RGB values 118, 151, 186 and HSL 211°, 33%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7697BA#7697BA
HEX#7697BA
RGBrgb(118, 151, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.5922, 0.7294
RGB percentages46.3%, 59.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(210.9, 33%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 36.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK36.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,772,090
CSS custom property--colour: #7697BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#896845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A98BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8191B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#609FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12Steel blue · ΔE 13.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3Sky blue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9976
Analogous#76B9BA, #7776BA
Triadic#BA7697, #97BA76
Split complementary#BA7776, #B9BA76
Tetradic#BA76B9, #BA9976, #76BA77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#DCE4ED
Lighter +20%#BACADC
Lighter +10%#98B1CB
Darker −10%#557DA8
Darker −20%#446486
Darker −30%#334B64
Darker −40%#213243
More saturated +25%#5C96D4
Less saturated −25%#9098A0

Channel breakdown

R118
G151
B186
Red118 (46.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue210.88°
Saturation (HSL)33.01%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 76 · G 97 · B BA

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