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Recognised as Colour

#7986AA

  • #7986AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7986AA is a blue with RGB values 121, 134, 170 and HSL 224°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7986AA#7986AA
HEX#7986AA
RGBrgb(121, 134, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5255, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.5%, 52.5%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(224.1, 22.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 28.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,964,330
CSS custom property--colour: #7986AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#867955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B89ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7785A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6C8D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.2Slate grey · ΔE 12.1Steel blue · ΔE 14.5Gray · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Dim grey · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9D79
Analogous#799FAA, #8479AA
Triadic#AA7986, #86AA79
Split complementary#AA8479, #9FAA79
Tetradic#AA799F, #AA9D79, #79AA84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F7F9
Lighter +30%#D7DBE5
Lighter +20%#B7BED2
Lighter +10%#98A2BE
Darker −10%#5D6B93
Darker −20%#495574
Darker −30%#363E54
Darker −40%#222735
More saturated +25%#5E79C5
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R121
G134
B170
Red121 (47.5%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue224.08°
Saturation (HSL)22.37%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 86 · B AA

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