Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#7B99FD

  • #7B99FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7B99FD is a blue with RGB values 123, 153, 253 and HSL 226°, 97%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7B99FD#7B99FD
HEX#7B99FD
RGBrgb(123, 153, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6, 0.9922
RGB percentages48.2%, 60%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(226.2, 97%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 51.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK51.4%, 39.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,100,349
CSS custom property--colour: #7B99FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#846602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#71A4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6299FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3EAEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.6Medium purple · ΔE 22.6Royal blue · ΔE 23.1Slate blue · ΔE 28Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDF7B
Analogous#7BDAFD, #9E7BFD
Triadic#FD7B99, #99FD7B
Split complementary#FD9E7B, #DAFD7B
Tetradic#FD7BDA, #FDDF7B, #7BFD9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE7FF
Lighter +10%#ADC0FE
Darker −10%#4972FC
Darker −20%#174BFB
Darker −30%#0335DC
Darker −40%#0329A9
More saturated +25%#7998FF
Less saturated −25%#8CA2EC

Channel breakdown

R123
G153
B253
Red123 (48.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)97.01%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 99 · B FD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “7b99fd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.