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Recognised as Colour

#799EE9

  • #799EE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#799EE9 is a blue with RGB values 121, 158, 233 and HSL 220°, 72%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#799EE9#799EE9
HEX#799EE9
RGBrgb(121, 158, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6196, 0.9137
RGB percentages47.5%, 62%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(220.2, 71.8%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.2, 48.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK48.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,970,537
CSS custom property--colour: #799EE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#866116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82A4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#759AE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4AAEB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1Light skyblue · ΔE 26.8Light steelblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C479
Analogous#79D6E9, #8C79E9
Triadic#E9799E, #9EE979
Split complementary#E98C79, #D6E979
Tetradic#E979D6, #E9C479, #79E98C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFDFF
Lighter +20%#D1DDF7
Lighter +10%#A5BEF0
Darker −10%#4D7EE2
Darker −20%#245FD8
Darker −30%#1C4CAD
Darker −40%#153981
More saturated +25%#6697FD
Less saturated −25%#8DA5D6

Channel breakdown

R121
G158
B233
Red121 (47.5%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue220.18°
Saturation (HSL)71.79%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G 9E · B E9

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