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Colour

#779ABB

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

#779ABB is a blue with RGB values 119, 154, 187 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

#779ABB#779ABB
HEX#779ABB
RGBrgb(119, 154, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6039, 0.7333
RGB percentages46.7%, 60.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(209.1, 33.3%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 36.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK36.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,838,395
CSS custom property--colour: #779ABB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.8 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#886544

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9ABDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8493BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60A2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 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 11.8Slate grey · ΔE 14.1Steel blue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.3Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB9877
Analogous#77BBBA, #7778BB
Triadic#BB779A, #9ABB77
Split complementary#BB7778, #BBBA77
Tetradic#BA77BB, #BB9877, #78BB77

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDE6EE
Lighter +20%#BBCDDD
Lighter +10%#99B3CC
Darker −10%#5581AA
Darker −20%#446788
Darker −30%#334D66
Darker −40%#223444
More saturated +25%#5E9BD4
Less saturated −25%#9199A2

Channel breakdown

R119
G154
B187
Red119 (46.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue209.12°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9A · B BB

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