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Recognised as Colour

#7994AF

  • #7994AF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7994AF is a blue with RGB values 121, 148, 175 and HSL 210°, 25%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7994AF#7994AF
HEX#7994AF
RGBrgb(121, 148, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5804, 0.6863
RGB percentages47.5%, 58%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(210, 25.2%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 30.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK30.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,967,919
CSS custom property--colour: #7994AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#866B50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A94B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#838FAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#699A9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.5Slate grey · ΔE 9.9Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Gray · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF9479
Analogous#79AFAF, #7979AF
Triadic#AF7994, #94AF79
Split complementary#AF7979, #AFAF79
Tetradic#AF79AF, #AF9479, #79AF79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FAFB
Lighter +30%#D9E1E8
Lighter +20%#B9C7D5
Lighter +10%#99ADC2
Darker −10%#5C7A99
Darker −20%#496179
Darker −30%#35475A
Darker −40%#222E3A
More saturated +25%#5E94CA
Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R121
G148
B175
Red121 (47.5%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)25.23%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 94 · B AF

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