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Colour

#7899AA

  • #7899AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7899AA is a blue with RGB values 120, 153, 170 and HSL 200°, 23%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7899AA#7899AA
HEX#7899AA
RGBrgb(120, 153, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.1%, 60%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(200.4, 22.7%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.4, 29.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK29.4%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,903,658
CSS custom property--colour: #7899AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#876655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9198ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8992AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#689E9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.6Slate grey · ΔE 10.2Cadetblue · ΔE 13.4Gray · ΔE 16.5Dark grey · ΔE 16.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA8978
Analogous#78AAA2, #7880AA
Triadic#AA7899, #99AA78
Split complementary#AA7880, #AAA278
Tetradic#A278AA, #AA8978, #80AA78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F8F9
Lighter +30%#D6E0E5
Lighter +20%#B7C8D1
Lighter +10%#97B1BE
Darker −10%#5C8093
Darker −20%#496573
Darker −30%#354954
Darker −40%#212E35
More saturated +25%#5DA2C5
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R120
G153
B170
Red120 (47.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue200.4°
Saturation (HSL)22.73%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 99 · B AA

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