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Recognised as Colour

#7A9FAC

  • #7A9FAC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7A9FAC is a cyan with RGB values 122, 159, 172 and HSL 196°, 23%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7A9FAC#7A9FAC
HEX#7A9FAC
RGBrgb(122, 159, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6235, 0.6745
RGB percentages47.8%, 62.4%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(195.6, 23.1%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 29.1%, 67.5%)
CMYK29.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,036,268
CSS custom property--colour: #7A9FAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#856053

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979DADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F97ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#6AA3A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 12.8Dark grey · ΔE 15.6Gray · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC877A
Analogous#7AACA0, #7A86AC
Triadic#AC7A9F, #9FAC7A
Split complementary#AC7A86, #ACA07A
Tetradic#A07AAC, #AC877A, #86AC7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FAFA
Lighter +30%#D8E3E7
Lighter +20%#B9CCD3
Lighter +10%#99B6C0
Darker −10%#5D8796
Darker −20%#4A6B76
Darker −30%#364E57
Darker −40%#233237
More saturated +25%#5FACC7
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R122
G159
B172
Red122 (47.8%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue195.6°
Saturation (HSL)23.15%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 9F · B AC

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