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Colour

#7A96A8

  • #7A96A8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7A96A8 is a blue with RGB values 122, 150, 168 and HSL 203°, 21%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7A96A8#7A96A8
HEX#7A96A8
RGBrgb(122, 150, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.5882, 0.6588
RGB percentages47.8%, 58.8%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(203.5, 20.9%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.5, 27.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK27.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,033,960
CSS custom property--colour: #7A96A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#856957

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E95A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8890A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6C9B9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.9Slate grey · ΔE 8.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 15.5Dark grey · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A88C7A
Analogous#7AA8A3, #7A7FA8
Triadic#A87A96, #96A87A
Split complementary#A87A7F, #A8A37A
Tetradic#A37AA8, #A88C7A, #7FA87A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F7F9
Lighter +30%#D6DFE5
Lighter +20%#B8C7D0
Lighter +10%#99AEBC
Darker −10%#5F7D90
Darker −20%#4A6272
Darker −30%#364853
Darker −40%#222D34
More saturated +25%#5F9CC3
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R122
G150
B168
Red122 (47.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue203.48°
Saturation (HSL)20.91%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 96 · B A8

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