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Recognised as Colour

#798FF2

  • #798FF2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#798FF2 is a blue with RGB values 121, 143, 242 and HSL 229°, 82%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#798FF2#798FF2
HEX#798FF2
RGBrgb(121, 143, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5608, 0.949
RGB percentages47.5%, 56.1%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(229.1, 82.3%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.1, 50%, 94.9%)
CMYK50%, 40.9%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,966,706
CSS custom property--colour: #798FF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#86700D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#679BF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B90F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#45A4B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 10Dodgerblue · ΔE 14.4Medium purple · ΔE 19.3Royal blue · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2DC79
Analogous#79CBF2, #A079F2
Triadic#F2798F, #8FF279
Split complementary#F2A079, #CBF279
Tetradic#F279CB, #F2DC79, #79F2A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6DDFB
Lighter +10%#A7B6F7
Darker −10%#4B68ED
Darker −20%#1C41E9
Darker −30%#1332BF
Darker −40%#0E2691
More saturated +25%#6C87FF
Less saturated −25%#8B9BE0

Channel breakdown

R121
G143
B242
Red121 (47.5%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue229.09°
Saturation (HSL)82.31%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 8F · B F2

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