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Recognised as Colour

#79849F

  • #79849F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#79849F is a blue with RGB values 121, 132, 159 and HSL 223°, 17%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#79849F#79849F
HEX#79849F
RGBrgb(121, 132, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5176, 0.6235
RGB percentages47.5%, 51.8%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(222.6, 16.5%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 23.9%, 62.4%)
CMYK23.9%, 17%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,963,807
CSS custom property--colour: #79849F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#867B60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C86A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#79839Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#6F898Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.4Slate grey · ΔE 7.1Gray · ΔE 15.9Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Dim grey · ΔE 19.2Dark grey · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F9479
Analogous#79979F, #81799F
Triadic#9F7984, #849F79
Split complementary#9F8179, #979F79
Tetradic#9F7997, #9F9479, #799F81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0F1F4
Lighter +30%#D2D6DF
Lighter +20%#B4BBCA
Lighter +10%#979FB4
Darker −10%#606B85
Darker −20%#4A5368
Darker −30%#353B4A
Darker −40%#20232C
More saturated +25%#5C78BC
Less saturated −25%#8C8C8C

Channel breakdown

R121
G132
B159
Red121 (47.5%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue222.63°
Saturation (HSL)16.52%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 84 · B 9F

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