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Recognised as Colour

#79758E

  • #79758E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#79758E is a blue with RGB values 121, 117, 142 and HSL 250°, 10%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#79758E#79758E
HEX#79758E
RGBrgb(121, 117, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4588, 0.5569
RGB percentages47.5%, 45.9%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(249.6, 10%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.6, 17.6%, 55.7%)
CMYK14.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,959,950
CSS custom property--colour: #79758E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#868A71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#70788Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#70778Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#75797Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 9.7Light slate grey · ΔE 10.8Gray · ΔE 15.1Dim grey · ΔE 15.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Dark grey · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A8E75
Analogous#757D8E, #85758E
Triadic#8E7975, #758E79
Split complementary#8E8675, #7D8E75
Tetradic#8E757D, #8A8E75, #758E86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E5EA
Lighter +30%#CBC9D3
Lighter +20%#AFADBC
Lighter +10%#9491A5
Darker −10%#615E72
Darker −20%#494756
Darker −30%#31303A
Darker −40%#1A191E
More saturated +25%#6456AD
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R121
G117
B142
Red121 (47.5%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue249.6°
Saturation (HSL)9.96%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 75 · B 8E

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