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Recognised as Colour

#7B8299

  • #7B8299
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7B8299 is a blue with RGB values 123, 130, 153 and HSL 226°, 13%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7B8299#7B8299
HEX#7B8299
RGBrgb(123, 130, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.5098, 0.6
RGB percentages48.2%, 51%, 60%
HSLhsl(226, 12.8%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 19.6%, 60%)
CMYK19.6%, 15%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,094,361
CSS custom property--colour: #7B8299;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#847D66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C849Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#798198no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#748689no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.4Slate grey · ΔE 5.6Gray · ΔE 13.4Dim grey · ΔE 16.8Dark grey · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99927B
Analogous#7B9199, #837B99
Triadic#997B82, #82997B
Split complementary#99837B, #91997B
Tetradic#997B91, #99927B, #7B9983

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEEFF2
Lighter +30%#D1D4DC
Lighter +20%#B5B8C5
Lighter +10%#989DAF
Darker −10%#62697F
Darker −20%#4C5162
Darker −30%#363945
Darker −40%#1F2229
More saturated +25%#5E72B6
Less saturated −25%#8A8A8A

Channel breakdown

R123
G130
B153
Red123 (48.2%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue226°
Saturation (HSL)12.82%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 82 · B 99

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