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Recognised as Colour

#789AA8

  • #789AA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#789AA8 is a cyan with RGB values 120, 154, 168 and HSL 198°, 22%, 56%. 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

#789AA8#789AA8
HEX#789AA8
RGBrgb(120, 154, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6039, 0.6588
RGB percentages47.1%, 60.4%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(197.5, 21.6%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 28.6%, 65.9%)
CMYK28.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,903,912
CSS custom property--colour: #789AA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#876557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9298A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B92A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#699E9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 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 text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3Slate grey · ΔE 10.8Cadetblue · ΔE 11.9Dark grey · ΔE 15.9Gray · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A88678
Analogous#78A89E, #7882A8
Triadic#A8789A, #9AA878
Split complementary#A87882, #A89E78
Tetradic#9E78A8, #A88678, #82A878

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F7F8
Lighter +30%#D5E0E4
Lighter +20%#B6C8D0
Lighter +10%#97B1BC
Darker −10%#5D8190
Darker −20%#496571
Darker −30%#354A52
Darker −40%#212E33
More saturated +25%#5CA6C4
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R120
G154
B168
Red120 (47.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue197.5°
Saturation (HSL)21.62%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 9A · B A8

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