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Recognised as Colour

#7D78CA

  • #7D78CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7D78CA is a blue with RGB values 125, 120, 202 and HSL 244°, 44%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7D78CA#7D78CA
HEX#7D78CA
RGBrgb(125, 120, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.4706, 0.7922
RGB percentages49%, 47.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(243.7, 43.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.7, 40.6%, 79.2%)
CMYK38.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,222,922
CSS custom property--colour: #7D78CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#828735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C84CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A7FC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#688897no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.4Medium purple · ΔE 17.1Slate blue · ΔE 23Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.6Royal blue · ΔE 24.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5CA78
Analogous#789CCA, #A678CA
Triadic#CA7D78, #78CA7D
Split complementary#CAA678, #9CCA78
Tetradic#CA789C, #C5CA78, #78CAA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E6F5
Lighter +20%#C4C1E7
Lighter +10%#A09DD8
Darker −10%#5A53BC
Darker −20%#443E9E
Darker −30%#343079
Darker −40%#242155
More saturated +25%#6861E2
Less saturated −25%#9290B3

Channel breakdown

R125
G120
B202
Red125 (49%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue243.66°
Saturation (HSL)43.62%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 78 · B CA

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