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Recognised as Colour

#799BBB

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

#799BBB is a blue with RGB values 121, 155, 187 and HSL 209°, 33%, 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

#799BBB#799BBB
HEX#799BBB
RGBrgb(121, 155, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6078, 0.7333
RGB percentages47.5%, 60.8%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(209.1, 32.7%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 35.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK35.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,969,723
CSS custom property--colour: #799BBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#866444

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9BBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8694BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#63A2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 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 text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 13.9Steel blue · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 20Light skyblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB9979
Analogous#79BBBA, #797ABB
Triadic#BB799B, #9BBB79
Split complementary#BB797A, #BBBA79
Tetradic#BA79BB, #BB9979, #7ABB79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEE7EF
Lighter +20%#BDCDDD
Lighter +10%#9BB4CC
Darker −10%#5782AA
Darker −20%#456889
Darker −30%#344E67
Darker −40%#233545
More saturated +25%#609CD4
Less saturated −25%#929AA2

Channel breakdown

R121
G155
B187
Red121 (47.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue209.09°
Saturation (HSL)32.67%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 9B · B BB

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