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Recognised as Colour

#7899AE

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

#7899AE is a blue with RGB values 120, 153, 174 and HSL 203°, 25%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7899AE#7899AE
HEX#7899AE
RGBrgb(120, 153, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6, 0.6824
RGB percentages47.1%, 60%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(203.3, 25%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.3, 31%, 68.2%)
CMYK31%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,903,662
CSS custom property--colour: #7899AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#876651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9098AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8892AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#679EA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.8Slate grey · ΔE 10.5Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Dark grey · ΔE 17.7Gray · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE8D78
Analogous#78AEA8, #787EAE
Triadic#AE7899, #99AE78
Split complementary#AE787E, #AEA878
Tetradic#A878AE, #AE8D78, #7EAE78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F9FB
Lighter +30%#D8E1E7
Lighter +20%#B8C9D4
Lighter +10%#98B1C1
Darker −10%#5B8098
Darker −20%#486578
Darker −30%#354A58
Darker −40%#222F38
More saturated +25%#5D9FC9
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R120
G153
B174
Red120 (47.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue203.33°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 99 · B AE

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