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Recognised as Colour

#789AEC

  • #789AEC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#789AEC is a blue with RGB values 120, 154, 236 and HSL 222°, 75%, 70%. 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

#789AEC#789AEC
HEX#789AEC
RGBrgb(120, 154, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6039, 0.9255
RGB percentages47.1%, 60.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(222.4, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK49.2%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,903,980
CSS custom property--colour: #789AEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#876513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E97EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#46ABB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Medium purple · ΔE 28.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.3Royal blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCA78
Analogous#78D4EC, #9078EC
Triadic#EC789A, #9AEC78
Split complementary#EC9078, #D4EC78
Tetradic#EC78D4, #ECCA78, #78EC90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#D1DDF9
Lighter +10%#A5BBF2
Darker −10%#4B79E6
Darker −20%#1F57DF
Darker −30%#1946B2
Darker −40%#133485
More saturated +25%#6592FF
Less saturated −25%#8BA2D9

Channel breakdown

R120
G154
B236
Red120 (47.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue222.41°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 9A · B EC

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