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Recognised as Colour

#7C98B2

  • #7C98B2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7C98B2 is a blue with RGB values 124, 152, 178 and HSL 209°, 26%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7C98B2#7C98B2
HEX#7C98B2
RGBrgb(124, 152, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.5961, 0.698
RGB percentages48.6%, 59.6%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(208.9, 26%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.9, 30.3%, 69.8%)
CMYK30.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,165,554
CSS custom property--colour: #7C98B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#83674D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E98B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8792B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#6C9EA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 18Cadetblue · ΔE 18.6Dark grey · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2967C
Analogous#7CB2B1, #7C7DB2
Triadic#B27C98, #98B27C
Split complementary#B27C7D, #B2B17C
Tetradic#B17CB2, #B2967C, #7DB27C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFDFE
Lighter +30%#DCE4EB
Lighter +20%#BCCBD8
Lighter +10%#9CB1C5
Darker −10%#5D7F9E
Darker −20%#4A657E
Darker −30%#374B5E
Darker −40%#24313E
More saturated +25%#6299CC
Less saturated −25%#969798

Channel breakdown

R124
G152
B178
Red124 (48.6%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue208.89°
Saturation (HSL)25.96%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7C · G 98 · B B2

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