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Recognised as Colour

#788BEA

  • #788BEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#788BEA is a blue with RGB values 120, 139, 234 and HSL 230°, 73%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#788BEA#788BEA
HEX#788BEA
RGBrgb(120, 139, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.5451, 0.9176
RGB percentages47.1%, 54.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(230, 73.1%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 48.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK48.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,900,138
CSS custom property--colour: #788BEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#877415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6696EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B8DE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#4A9FAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.7Medium purple · ΔE 19Royal blue · ΔE 21Slate blue · ΔE 24.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAD778
Analogous#78C4EA, #9E78EA
Triadic#EA788B, #8BEA78
Split complementary#EA9E78, #C4EA78
Tetradic#EA78C4, #EAD778, #78EA9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFF
Lighter +20%#D0D7F8
Lighter +10%#A4B1F1
Darker −10%#4C65E3
Darker −20%#2241DA
Darker −30%#1B34AE
Darker −40%#142682
More saturated +25%#657EFE
Less saturated −25%#8C98D7

Channel breakdown

R120
G139
B234
Red120 (47.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)73.08%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 8B · B EA

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