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Recognised as Colour

#7996AA

  • #7996AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7996AA is a blue with RGB values 121, 150, 170 and HSL 204°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7996AA#7996AA
HEX#7996AA
RGBrgb(121, 150, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5882, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.5%, 58.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(204.5, 22.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.5, 28.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,968,426
CSS custom property--colour: #7996AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#866955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D95ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8790AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6A9B9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.2Slate grey · ΔE 9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7Gray · ΔE 16.4Dark grey · ΔE 17.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA8D79
Analogous#79AAA6, #797EAA
Triadic#AA7996, #96AA79
Split complementary#AA797D, #AAA679
Tetradic#A679AA, #AA8D79, #7EAA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F8F9
Lighter +30%#D7DFE5
Lighter +20%#B7C7D2
Lighter +10%#98AEBE
Darker −10%#5D7D93
Darker −20%#496274
Darker −30%#364854
Darker −40%#222D35
More saturated +25%#5E9BC5
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R121
G150
B170
Red121 (47.5%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue204.49°
Saturation (HSL)22.37%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 96 · B AA

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