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Recognised as Colour

#7A97DA

  • #7A97DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7A97DA is a blue with RGB values 122, 151, 218 and HSL 222°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7A97DA#7A97DA
HEX#7A97DA
RGBrgb(122, 151, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.5922, 0.8549
RGB percentages47.8%, 59.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(221.9, 56.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.9, 44%, 85.5%)
CMYK44%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,034,266
CSS custom property--colour: #7A97DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#856825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F9DDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7594D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#57A5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.2Steel blue · ΔE 16.2Light skyblue · ΔE 26.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.3Light steelblue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DABD7A
Analogous#7AC7DA, #8D7ADA
Triadic#DA7A97, #97DA7A
Split complementary#DA8D7A, #C7DA7A
Tetradic#DA7AC7, #DABD7A, #7ADA8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F5FB
Lighter +20%#CAD5F0
Lighter +10%#A2B6E5
Darker −10%#5278CF
Darker −20%#345CBA
Darker −30%#294992
Darker −40%#1E356A
More saturated +25%#658FEF
Less saturated −25%#8F9FC5

Channel breakdown

R122
G151
B218
Red122 (47.8%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue221.88°
Saturation (HSL)56.47%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 97 · B DA

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