Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#779AB3

  • #779AB3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#779AB3 is a blue with RGB values 119, 154, 179 and HSL 205°, 28%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#779AB3#779AB3
HEX#779AB3
RGBrgb(119, 154, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6039, 0.702
RGB percentages46.7%, 60.4%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(205, 28.3%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205, 33.5%, 70.2%)
CMYK33.5%, 14%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,838,387
CSS custom property--colour: #779AB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#88654C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F99B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8793B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#64A0A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.1Slate grey · ΔE 11.7Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 18.1Dark grey · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B39077
Analogous#77B3AE, #777CB3
Triadic#B3779A, #9AB377
Split complementary#B3777C, #B3AE77
Tetradic#AE77B3, #B39077, #7CB377

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#D9E3EA
Lighter +20%#B8CBD8
Lighter +10%#98B2C5
Darker −10%#59819E
Darker −20%#46677E
Darker −30%#344C5D
Darker −40%#22313C
More saturated +25%#5C9ECE
Less saturated −25%#929698

Channel breakdown

R119
G154
B179
Red119 (46.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue205°
Saturation (HSL)28.3%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9A · B B3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “779ab3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.