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Recognised as Colour

#779DE6

  • #779DE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#779DE6 is a blue with RGB values 119, 157, 230 and HSL 219°, 69%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#779DE6#779DE6
HEX#779DE6
RGBrgb(119, 157, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6157, 0.902
RGB percentages46.7%, 61.6%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(219.5, 68.9%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.5, 48.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK48.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,839,206
CSS custom property--colour: #779DE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#886219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81A3E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7598E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#48ADB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.3Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.6Light skyblue · ΔE 26.1Light steelblue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6C077
Analogous#77D4E6, #8977E6
Triadic#E6779D, #9DE677
Split complementary#E68977, #D4E677
Tetradic#E677D5, #E6C077, #77E689

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FAFE
Lighter +20%#CDDBF6
Lighter +10%#A2BCEE
Darker −10%#4C7EDE
Darker −20%#2661D1
Darker −30%#1E4DA6
Darker −40%#17397A
More saturated +25%#6397FA
Less saturated −25%#8BA3D2

Channel breakdown

R119
G157
B230
Red119 (46.7%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue219.46°
Saturation (HSL)68.94%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9D · B E6

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