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Colour

#7A9ABC

  • #7A9ABC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7A9ABC is a blue with RGB values 122, 154, 188 and HSL 211°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7A9ABC#7A9ABC
HEX#7A9ABC
RGBrgb(122, 154, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6039, 0.7373
RGB percentages47.8%, 60.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(210.9, 33%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 35.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK35.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,035,004
CSS custom property--colour: #7A9ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#856543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9BBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8594BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#65A2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 14.3Steel blue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 20.5Sky blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC9C7A
Analogous#7ABBBC, #7B7ABC
Triadic#BC7A9A, #9ABC7A
Split complementary#BC7B7A, #BBBC7A
Tetradic#BC7ABB, #BC9C7A, #7ABC7B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0E7EF
Lighter +20%#BECEDE
Lighter +10%#9CB4CD
Darker −10%#5880AB
Darker −20%#46678A
Darker −30%#354E68
Darker −40%#243446
More saturated +25%#6199D5
Less saturated −25%#939BA3

Channel breakdown

R122
G154
B188
Red122 (47.8%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue210.91°
Saturation (HSL)33%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 9A · B BC

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