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Colour

#779AAD

  • #779AAD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#779AAD is a blue with RGB values 119, 154, 173 and HSL 201°, 25%, 57%. 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

#779AAD#779AAD
HEX#779AAD
RGBrgb(119, 154, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6039, 0.6784
RGB percentages46.7%, 60.4%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(201.1, 24.8%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 31.2%, 67.8%)
CMYK31.2%, 11%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,838,381
CSS custom property--colour: #779AAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.9 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#886552

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9199AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8992ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#669FA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 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 8.2Slate grey · ΔE 10.8Cadetblue · ΔE 13.8Dark grey · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 17.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD8A77
Analogous#77ADA5, #777FAD
Triadic#AD779A, #9AAD77
Split complementary#AD777F, #ADA577
Tetradic#A577AD, #AD8A77, #7FAD77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F9FA
Lighter +30%#D6E1E7
Lighter +20%#B7C9D3
Lighter +10%#97B2C0
Darker −10%#5B8196
Darker −20%#476677
Darker −30%#344B57
Darker −40%#212F37
More saturated +25%#5CA2C8
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R119
G154
B173
Red119 (46.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue201.11°
Saturation (HSL)24.77%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9A · B AD

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