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Recognised as Colour

#788BA8

  • #788BA8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#788BA8 is a blue with RGB values 120, 139, 168 and HSL 216°, 22%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#788BA8#788BA8
HEX#788BA8
RGBrgb(120, 139, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.5451, 0.6588
RGB percentages47.1%, 54.5%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(216.3, 21.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.3, 28.6%, 65.9%)
CMYK28.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,900,072
CSS custom property--colour: #788BA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#877457

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818CA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C88A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6B9195no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7Slate grey · ΔE 8.6Steel blue · ΔE 16Gray · ΔE 17.9Dark grey · ΔE 21.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A89578
Analogous#78A3A8, #7D78A8
Triadic#A8788B, #8BA878
Split complementary#A87D78, #A3A878
Tetradic#A878A3, #A89578, #78A87D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F6F8
Lighter +30%#D5DBE4
Lighter +20%#B6C0D0
Lighter +10%#97A6BC
Darker −10%#5D7190
Darker −20%#495971
Darker −30%#354052
Darker −40%#212833
More saturated +25%#5C85C4
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R120
G139
B168
Red120 (47.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue216.25°
Saturation (HSL)21.62%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 8B · B A8

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