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Recognised as Colour

#789BEB

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

#789BEB is a blue with RGB values 120, 155, 235 and HSL 222°, 74%, 70%. 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

#789BEB#789BEB
HEX#789BEB
RGBrgb(120, 155, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6078, 0.9216
RGB percentages47.1%, 60.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(221.7, 74.2%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 48.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK48.9%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,904,235
CSS custom property--colour: #789BEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#876414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7DA2EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7098E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#47ACB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 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 text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 5.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 21.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.4Medium purple · ΔE 29.5Light skyblue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBC878
Analogous#78D4EB, #8F78EB
Triadic#EB789B, #9BEB78
Split complementary#EB8F78, #D4EB78
Tetradic#EB78D4, #EBC878, #78EB8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D1DDF8
Lighter +10%#A4BCF2
Darker −10%#4C7AE4
Darker −20%#215ADC
Darker −30%#1A48B0
Darker −40%#133684
More saturated +25%#6593FE
Less saturated −25%#8BA3D8

Channel breakdown

R120
G155
B235
Red120 (47.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue221.74°
Saturation (HSL)74.19%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 9B · B EB

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