Colour

#799FEC

#799FEC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#799FEC is a blue with RGB values 121, 159, 236 and HSL 220°, 75%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#799FEC

RGBrgb(121, 159, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.6235, 0.9255

RGB percentages47.5%, 62.4%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(220.2, 75.2%, 70%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220.2, 48.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK48.7%, 32.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,970,796

CSS custom property--colour: #799FEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#866013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82A5EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#759BEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#47B0BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7 Steel blue · ΔE 20.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 27.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECC679

Analogous#79D9EC, #8D79EC

Triadic#EC799F, #9FEC79

Split complementary#EC8C79, #D9EC79

Tetradic#EC79D8, #ECC679, #79EC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D2DFF9

Lighter +10%#A6BFF2

Darker −10%#4C7FE6

Darker −20%#205FDF

Darker −30%#194CB3

Darker −40%#133986

More saturated +25%#6699FF

Less saturated −25%#8CA5D9

Channel breakdown

R121

G159

B236

Red121 (47.5%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue220.17°

Saturation (HSL)75.16%

Lightness70%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 79 · G 9F · B EC

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Colour values

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