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Recognised as Colour

#789DE7

  • #789DE7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#789DE7 is a blue with RGB values 120, 157, 231 and HSL 220°, 70%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#789DE7#789DE7
HEX#789DE7
RGBrgb(120, 157, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.6157, 0.9059
RGB percentages47.1%, 61.6%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(220, 69.8%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 48.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK48.1%, 32%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,904,743
CSS custom property--colour: #789DE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#876218

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81A3EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7599E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#49ADB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.8Steel blue · ΔE 19Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 26Light skyblue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7C278
Analogous#78D5E7, #8B78E7
Triadic#E7789D, #9DE778
Split complementary#E78B78, #D4E778
Tetradic#E778D4, #E7C278, #78E78B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFE
Lighter +20%#CFDCF6
Lighter +10%#A3BCEF
Darker −10%#4D7EDF
Darker −20%#2660D3
Darker −30%#1E4CA8
Darker −40%#16387D
More saturated +25%#6496FB
Less saturated −25%#8CA4D3

Channel breakdown

R120
G157
B231
Red120 (47.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)69.81%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 78 · G 9D · B E7

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