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Recognised as Colour

#7797DE

  • #7797DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7797DE is a blue with RGB values 119, 151, 222 and HSL 221°, 61%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7797DE#7797DE
HEX#7797DE
RGBrgb(119, 151, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.5922, 0.8706
RGB percentages46.7%, 59.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(221.4, 60.9%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 46.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK46.4%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,837,662
CSS custom property--colour: #7797DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#886821

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D9DE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7294DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#4FA6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.9Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.4Light skyblue · ΔE 27.5Light steelblue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEBE77
Analogous#77CBDE, #8A77DE
Triadic#DE7797, #97DE77
Split complementary#DE8B77, #CBDE77
Tetradic#DE77CB, #DEBE77, #77DE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F5FC
Lighter +20%#C9D6F2
Lighter +10%#A0B6E8
Darker −10%#4E78D4
Darker −20%#2F5CC0
Darker −30%#254897
Darker −40%#1B356E
More saturated +25%#628FF3
Less saturated −25%#8C9FC9

Channel breakdown

R119
G151
B222
Red119 (46.7%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue221.36°
Saturation (HSL)60.95%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 97 · B DE

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