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Recognised as Colour

#798F98

  • #798F98
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#798F98 is a cyan with RGB values 121, 143, 152 and HSL 197°, 13%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#798F98#798F98
HEX#798F98
RGBrgb(121, 143, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5608, 0.5961
RGB percentages47.5%, 56.1%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(197.4, 13.1%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 20.4%, 59.6%)
CMYK20.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,966,616
CSS custom property--colour: #798F98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1
Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#867067

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8E99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#858A98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#709292no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.5Slate grey · ΔE 7.1Gray · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.3Dark grey · ΔE 14.6Dim grey · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#988279
Analogous#799891, #798098
Triadic#98798F, #8F9879
Split complementary#987980, #989179
Tetradic#927998, #988279, #809879

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECEFF1
Lighter +30%#D0D7DA
Lighter +20%#B3BFC4
Lighter +10%#96A7AE
Darker −10%#60757E
Darker −20%#4A5A61
Darker −30%#343F44
Darker −40%#1E2427
More saturated +25%#5B9BB6
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R121
G143
B152
Red121 (47.5%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue197.42°
Saturation (HSL)13.08%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 8F · B 98

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