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Recognised as Colour

#7B76C8

  • #7B76C8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7B76C8 is a blue with RGB values 123, 118, 200 and HSL 244°, 43%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7B76C8#7B76C8
HEX#7B76C8
RGBrgb(123, 118, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.4627, 0.7843
RGB percentages48.2%, 46.3%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(243.7, 42.7%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.7, 41%, 78.4%)
CMYK38.5%, 41%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,091,336
CSS custom property--colour: #7B76C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#848937

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A82CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#587DC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Tritanopia#668695no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.8Medium purple · ΔE 17Slate blue · ΔE 22.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9Royal blue · ΔE 24.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3C876
Analogous#769AC8, #A476C8
Triadic#C87B76, #76C87B
Split complementary#C8A476, #9AC876
Tetradic#C8769A, #C3C876, #76C8A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E3F4
Lighter +20%#C1BFE5
Lighter +10%#9E9AD7
Darker −10%#5852B9
Darker −20%#433E9A
Darker −30%#342F76
Darker −40%#242151
More saturated +25%#665EE0
Less saturated −25%#908EB0

Channel breakdown

R123
G118
B200
Red123 (48.2%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue243.66°
Saturation (HSL)42.71%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 76 · B C8

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