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Recognised as Colour

#7B9ADA

  • #7B9ADA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7B9ADA is a blue with RGB values 123, 154, 218 and HSL 220°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7B9ADA#7B9ADA
HEX#7B9ADA
RGBrgb(123, 154, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.6039, 0.8549
RGB percentages48.2%, 60.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(220.4, 56.2%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.4, 43.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK43.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,100,570
CSS custom property--colour: #7B9ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#846525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#839FDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7996D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#58A7B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.9Steel blue · ΔE 15.4Light skyblue · ΔE 24.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 26Light steelblue · ΔE 26.5Light slate grey · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DABB7B
Analogous#7BC9DA, #8C7BDA
Triadic#DA7B9A, #9ADA7B
Split complementary#DA8C7B, #C9DA7B
Tetradic#DA7BC9, #DABB7B, #7BDA8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F5FB
Lighter +20%#CBD7F0
Lighter +10%#A3B8E5
Darker −10%#537CCF
Darker −20%#3460BB
Darker −30%#294C93
Darker −40%#1E376B
More saturated +25%#6693EF
Less saturated −25%#90A1C5

Channel breakdown

R123
G154
B218
Red123 (48.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue220.42°
Saturation (HSL)56.21%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7B · G 9A · B DA

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