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Colour

#7A88AA

  • #7A88AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7A88AA is a blue with RGB values 122, 136, 170 and HSL 223°, 22%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7A88AA#7A88AA
HEX#7A88AA
RGBrgb(122, 136, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.5333, 0.6667
RGB percentages47.8%, 53.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(222.5, 22%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 28.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK28.2%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,030,378
CSS custom property--colour: #7A88AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#857755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D8AACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7986A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#6D8F93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10Slate grey · ΔE 11.1Steel blue · ΔE 15Gray · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6Dim grey · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9C7A
Analogous#7AA0AA, #847AAA
Triadic#AA7A88, #88AA7A
Split complementary#AA847A, #A0AA7A
Tetradic#AA7AA0, #AA9C7A, #7AAA84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F7FA
Lighter +30%#D7DCE6
Lighter +20%#B8C0D2
Lighter +10%#99A4BE
Darker −10%#5E6D93
Darker −20%#4A5674
Darker −30%#363F55
Darker −40%#222836
More saturated +25%#5F7DC5
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R122
G136
B170
Red122 (47.8%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue222.5°
Saturation (HSL)22.02%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 88 · B AA

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