Recognised as Colour

#797BF8

#797BF8
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#797BF8 is a blue with RGB values 121, 123, 248 and HSL 239°, 90%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#797BF8

RGBrgb(121, 123, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4824, 0.9725

RGB percentages47.5%, 48.2%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(239.1, 90.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 51.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK51.2%, 50.4%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,961,592

CSS custom property--colour: #797BF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#868407

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C8EFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D84F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original

Tritanopia#4497AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.2 Royal blue · ΔE 11.4 Slate blue · ΔE 13.3 Medium purple · ΔE 13.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F8F679

Analogous#79BBF8, #B679F8

Triadic#F8797B, #7BF879

Split complementary#F8B679, #BBF879

Tetradic#F879BA, #F8F679, #79F8B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DADAFD

Lighter +10%#A9ABFB

Darker −10%#494BF5

Darker −20%#181CF3

Darker −30%#0B0ECD

Darker −40%#080B9D

More saturated +25%#7274FF

Less saturated −25%#8B8CE6

Channel breakdown

R121

G123

B248

Red121 (47.5%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue239.06°

Saturation (HSL)90.07%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 7B · B F8

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Colour values

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