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Recognised as Colour

#7990DA

  • #7990DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7990DA is a blue with RGB values 121, 144, 218 and HSL 226°, 57%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7990DA#7990DA
HEX#7990DA
RGBrgb(121, 144, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5647, 0.8549
RGB percentages47.5%, 56.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(225.8, 56.7%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.8, 44.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK44.5%, 33.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,966,938
CSS custom property--colour: #7990DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.81:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#866F25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7597DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C8FD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#569FABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.1Medium purple · ΔE 28.1Plum · ΔE 30.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAC379
Analogous#79C0DA, #9379DA
Triadic#DA7990, #90DA79
Split complementary#DA9379, #C0DA79
Tetradic#DA79C0, #DAC379, #79DA93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F3FB
Lighter +20%#C9D2F0
Lighter +10%#A1B1E5
Darker −10%#516FCF
Darker −20%#3353BA
Darker −30%#284192
Darker −40%#1D2F6A
More saturated +25%#6485EF
Less saturated −25%#8E9BC5

Channel breakdown

R121
G144
B218
Red121 (47.5%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue225.77°
Saturation (HSL)56.73%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 90 · B DA

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