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Recognised as Colour

#787B8E

  • #787B8E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#787B8E is a blue with RGB values 120, 123, 142 and HSL 232°, 9%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#787B8E#787B8E
HEX#787B8E
RGBrgb(120, 123, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.4824, 0.5569
RGB percentages47.1%, 48.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(231.8, 8.9%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.8, 15.5%, 55.7%)
CMYK15.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,895,950
CSS custom property--colour: #787B8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#878471

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#767D8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#757B8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#737E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 5.2Light slate grey · ΔE 6.6Gray · ΔE 11.2Dim grey · ΔE 13.4Dark grey · ΔE 20.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E8B78
Analogous#78868E, #80788E
Triadic#8E787B, #7B8E78
Split complementary#8E8078, #868E78
Tetradic#8E7886, #8E8B78, #788E80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E8EB
Lighter +30%#CBCCD4
Lighter +20%#B0B1BC
Lighter +10%#9496A5
Darker −10%#606373
Darker −20%#494B57
Darker −30%#32333B
Darker −40%#1A1B20
More saturated +25%#5964AD
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R120
G123
B142
Red120 (47.1%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue231.82°
Saturation (HSL)8.87%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 7B · B 8E

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