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Colour

#7998DC

  • #7998DC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7998DC is a blue with RGB values 121, 152, 220 and HSL 221°, 59%, 67%. 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

#7998DC#7998DC
HEX#7998DC
RGBrgb(121, 152, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5961, 0.8627
RGB percentages47.5%, 59.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(221.2, 58.6%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.2, 45%, 86.3%)
CMYK45%, 30.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,968,988
CSS custom property--colour: #7998DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#866723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F9EDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7595DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#54A6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.6Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.8Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.9Light steelblue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCBD79
Analogous#79C9DC, #8C79DC
Triadic#DC7998, #98DC79
Split complementary#DC8C79, #C9DC79
Tetradic#DC79C9, #DCBD79, #79DC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F5FC
Lighter +20%#CAD6F1
Lighter +10%#A1B7E7
Darker −10%#5179D1
Darker −20%#315DBE
Darker −30%#274995
Darker −40%#1C366D
More saturated +25%#6490F1
Less saturated −25%#8EA0C7

Channel breakdown

R121
G152
B220
Red121 (47.5%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue221.21°
Saturation (HSL)58.58%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 98 · B DC

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