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Recognised as Colour

#779DFC

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

#779DFC is a blue with RGB values 119, 157, 252 and HSL 223°, 96%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#779DFC#779DFC
HEX#779DFC
RGBrgb(119, 157, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.6157, 0.9882
RGB percentages46.7%, 61.6%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(222.9, 95.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 52.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK52.8%, 37.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,839,228
CSS custom property--colour: #779DFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#886203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#77A6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#679AFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#32B2C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 14Medium purple · ΔE 25.9Royal blue · ΔE 26.2Steel blue · ΔE 29.1Slate blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD677
Analogous#77DFFC, #9477FC
Triadic#FC779D, #9DFC77
Split complementary#FC9477, #DFFC77
Tetradic#FC77E0, #FCD677, #77FC94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE5FE
Lighter +10%#A9C1FD
Darker −10%#4579FB
Darker −20%#1355FA
Darker −30%#0540D5
Darker −40%#0431A3
More saturated +25%#749CFF
Less saturated −25%#88A4EB

Channel breakdown

R119
G157
B252
Red119 (46.7%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)95.68%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 77 · G 9D · B FC

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