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Recognised as Colour

#779ABA

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

#779ABA is a blue with RGB values 119, 154, 186 and HSL 209°, 33%, 60%. 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

#779ABA#779ABA
HEX#779ABA
RGBrgb(119, 154, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6039, 0.7294
RGB percentages46.7%, 60.4%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(208.7, 32.7%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.7, 36%, 72.9%)
CMYK36%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,838,394
CSS custom property--colour: #779ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#886545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9ABCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8593B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#61A1A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.4Slate grey · ΔE 13.7Steel blue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 20.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9777
Analogous#77BAB9, #7778BA
Triadic#BA779A, #9ABA77
Split complementary#BA7778, #BAB877
Tetradic#B977BA, #BA9777, #79BA77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDE5ED
Lighter +20%#BBCCDC
Lighter +10%#99B3CB
Darker −10%#5581A9
Darker −20%#446787
Darker −30%#334D65
Darker −40%#223343
More saturated +25%#5D9BD4
Less saturated −25%#9199A0

Channel breakdown

R119
G154
B186
Red119 (46.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue208.66°
Saturation (HSL)32.68%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9A · B BA

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