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Recognised as Colour

#7B8DA3

  • #7B8DA3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7B8DA3 is a blue with RGB values 123, 141, 163 and HSL 213°, 18%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7B8DA3#7B8DA3
HEX#7B8DA3
RGBrgb(123, 141, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.5529, 0.6392
RGB percentages48.2%, 55.3%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(213, 17.9%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 24.5%, 63.9%)
CMYK24.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,097,187
CSS custom property--colour: #7B8DA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#84725C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858EA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8189A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#709294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 3.5Slate grey · ΔE 6.1Gray · ΔE 14.5Dark grey · ΔE 17.9Dim grey · ΔE 19.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 3.45, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3917B
Analogous#7BA1A3, #7D7BA3
Triadic#A37B8D, #8DA37B
Split complementary#A37D7B, #A1A37B
Tetradic#A37BA1, #A3917B, #7BA37D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F5F7
Lighter +30%#D5DBE2
Lighter +20%#B7C1CD
Lighter +10%#99A7B8
Darker −10%#61738A
Darker −20%#4C5A6C
Darker −30%#37414E
Darker −40%#222830
More saturated +25%#5F8ABF
Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R123
G141
B163
Red123 (48.2%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue213°
Saturation (HSL)17.86%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 8D · B A3

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