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Recognised as Colour

#7898FB

  • #7898FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7898FB is a blue with RGB values 120, 152, 251 and HSL 225°, 94%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7898FB#7898FB
HEX#7898FB
RGBrgb(120, 152, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.5961, 0.9843
RGB percentages47.1%, 59.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(225.3, 94.2%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.3, 52.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK52.2%, 39.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,903,483
CSS custom property--colour: #7898FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#876704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#70A3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6197F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#38ADBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.2Medium purple · ΔE 23Royal blue · ΔE 23.1Slate blue · ΔE 28.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBDB78
Analogous#78D9FB, #9A78FB
Triadic#FB7898, #98FB78
Split complementary#FB9A78, #D9FB78
Tetradic#FB78D9, #FBDB78, #78FB9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE4FE
Lighter +10%#AABEFC
Darker −10%#4672FA
Darker −20%#154CF8
Darker −30%#0638D4
Darker −40%#052BA2
More saturated +25%#7496FF
Less saturated −25%#89A1EA

Channel breakdown

R120
G152
B251
Red120 (47.1%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue225.34°
Saturation (HSL)94.24%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 98 · B FB

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