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Recognised as Colour

#7896FD

  • #7896FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7896FD is a blue with RGB values 120, 150, 253 and HSL 226°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7896FD#7896FD
HEX#7896FD
RGBrgb(120, 150, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.5882, 0.9922
RGB percentages47.1%, 58.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(226.5, 97.1%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 52.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK52.6%, 40.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,902,973
CSS custom property--colour: #7896FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#876902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6BA1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C96FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#36ACBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 12.7Royal blue · ΔE 21.2Medium purple · ΔE 21.5Slate blue · ΔE 26.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 10.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDF78
Analogous#78D8FD, #9D78FD
Triadic#FD7896, #96FD78
Split complementary#FD9D78, #D8FD78
Tetradic#FD78D8, #FDDF78, #78FD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDE4FE
Lighter +10%#AABDFE
Darker −10%#466FFC
Darker −20%#1348FC
Darker −30%#0333D9
Darker −40%#0227A7
More saturated +25%#7695FF
Less saturated −25%#899FEC

Channel breakdown

R120
G150
B253
Red120 (47.1%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue226.47°
Saturation (HSL)97.08%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 96 · B FD

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