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Recognised as Colour

#7985FF

  • #7985FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#7985FF is a blue with RGB values 121, 133, 255 and HSL 235°, 100%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#7985FF#7985FF
HEX#7985FF
RGBrgb(121, 133, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5216, 1
RGB percentages47.5%, 52.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(234.6, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.6, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK52.5%, 47.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,964,159
CSS custom property--colour: #7985FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#867A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B96FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B8BFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3BA0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 12.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.9Medium purple · ΔE 15.5Slate blue · ΔE 17Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 12.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF379
Analogous#79C8FF, #B079FF
Triadic#FF7985, #85FF79
Split complementary#FFB079, #C8FF79
Tetradic#FF79C8, #FFF379, #79FFB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE2FF
Lighter +10%#ACB3FF
Darker −10%#4657FF
Darker −20%#1328FF
Darker −30%#0014DF
Darker −40%#000FAC
More saturated +25%#7985FF
Less saturated −25%#8A93EE

Channel breakdown

R121
G133
B255
Red121 (47.5%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue234.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 85 · B FF

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