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Recognised as Colour

#7997DA

  • #7997DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7997DA is a blue with RGB values 121, 151, 218 and HSL 221°, 57%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7997DA#7997DA
HEX#7997DA
RGBrgb(121, 151, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5922, 0.8549
RGB percentages47.5%, 59.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(221.4, 56.7%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 44.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK44.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,968,730
CSS custom property--colour: #7997DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#866825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F9CDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7594D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#55A5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.1Steel blue · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.1Light steelblue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DABC79
Analogous#79C7DA, #8C79DA
Triadic#DA7997, #97DA79
Split complementary#DA8B79, #C8DA79
Tetradic#DA79C7, #DABC79, #79DA8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F4FB
Lighter +20%#C9D5F0
Lighter +10%#A1B6E5
Darker −10%#5178CF
Darker −20%#335DBA
Darker −30%#284992
Darker −40%#1D356A
More saturated +25%#648FEF
Less saturated −25%#8E9FC5

Channel breakdown

R121
G151
B218
Red121 (47.5%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue221.44°
Saturation (HSL)56.73%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 97 · B DA

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