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Recognised as Colour

#779AAF

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

#779AAF is a blue with RGB values 119, 154, 175 and HSL 203°, 26%, 58%. 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

#779AAF#779AAF
HEX#779AAF
RGBrgb(119, 154, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6039, 0.6863
RGB percentages46.7%, 60.4%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(202.5, 25.9%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.5, 32%, 68.6%)
CMYK32%, 12%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,838,383
CSS custom property--colour: #779AAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30128WCAG 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 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#886550

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9099B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8892AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#65A0A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.4Slate grey · ΔE 11Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6Dark grey · ΔE 18Gray · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF8C77
Analogous#77AFA8, #777EAF
Triadic#AF779A, #9AAF77
Split complementary#AF777E, #AFA877
Tetradic#A877AF, #AF8C77, #7EAF77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F9FB
Lighter +30%#D7E2E8
Lighter +20%#B7CAD5
Lighter +10%#97B2C2
Darker −10%#5A8199
Darker −20%#476679
Darker −30%#344B59
Darker −40%#213039
More saturated +25%#5CA1CA
Less saturated −25%#929394

Channel breakdown

R119
G154
B175
Red119 (46.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue202.5°
Saturation (HSL)25.93%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9A · B AF

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