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Recognised as Colour

#799BBA

  • #799BBA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#799BBA is a blue with RGB values 121, 155, 186 and HSL 209°, 32%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#799BBA#799BBA
HEX#799BBA
RGBrgb(121, 155, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6078, 0.7294
RGB percentages47.5%, 60.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(208.6, 32%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 34.9%, 72.9%)
CMYK34.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,969,722
CSS custom property--colour: #799BBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#866445

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9BBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8794B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#64A2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.1Slate grey · ΔE 13.6Steel blue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.9Cadetblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9879
Analogous#79BAB9, #797ABA
Triadic#BA799B, #9BBA79
Split complementary#BA797A, #BAB979
Tetradic#B979BA, #BA9879, #7ABA79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEE6EE
Lighter +20%#BCCDDD
Lighter +10%#9BB4CB
Darker −10%#5782A9
Darker −20%#466887
Darker −30%#344E66
Darker −40%#233444
More saturated +25%#609CD3
Less saturated −25%#929AA1

Channel breakdown

R121
G155
B186
Red121 (47.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue208.62°
Saturation (HSL)32.02%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 9B · B BA

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