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Recognised as Colour

#7AA7BF

  • #7AA7BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7AA7BF is a blue with RGB values 122, 167, 191 and HSL 201°, 35%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7AA7BF#7AA7BF
HEX#7AA7BF
RGBrgb(122, 167, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.6549, 0.749
RGB percentages47.8%, 65.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(200.9, 35%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.9, 36.1%, 74.9%)
CMYK36.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,038,335
CSS custom property--colour: #7AA7BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.11:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#855840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA5C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#62AEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF927A
Analogous#7ABFB4, #7A85BF
Triadic#BF7AA7, #A7BF7A
Split complementary#BF7A85, #BFB47A
Tetradic#B47ABF, #BF927A, #85BF7A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1EBF1
Lighter +20%#BFD5E0
Lighter +10%#9CBED0
Darker −10%#5890AE
Darker −20%#45758E
Darker −30%#34596C
Darker −40%#233C4A
More saturated +25%#61AED8
Less saturated −25%#93A0A6

Channel breakdown

R122
G167
B191
Red122 (47.8%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue200.87°
Saturation (HSL)35.03%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G A7 · B BF

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