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Colour

#778AA9

  • #778AA9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#778AA9 is a blue with RGB values 119, 138, 169 and HSL 217°, 23%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#778AA9#778AA9
HEX#778AA9
RGBrgb(119, 138, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.5412, 0.6627
RGB percentages46.7%, 54.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(217.2, 22.5%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 29.6%, 66.3%)
CMYK29.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,834,281
CSS custom property--colour: #778AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#887556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808CAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A87A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#699094no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 9.5Steel blue · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 18.9Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Dark grey · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A99677
Analogous#77A3A9, #7D77A9
Triadic#A9778A, #8AA977
Split complementary#A97D77, #A3A977
Tetradic#A977A3, #A99677, #77A97D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F6F8
Lighter +30%#D5DBE4
Lighter +20%#B5C0D1
Lighter +10%#96A5BD
Darker −10%#5C7091
Darker −20%#485872
Darker −30%#344053
Darker −40%#212833
More saturated +25%#5B83C5
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R119
G138
B169
Red119 (46.7%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue217.2°
Saturation (HSL)22.52%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 8A · B A9

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