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Recognised as Colour

#7D7DC6

  • #7D7DC6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7D7DC6 is a blue with RGB values 125, 125, 198 and HSL 240°, 39%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7D7DC6#7D7DC6
HEX#7D7DC6
RGBrgb(125, 125, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.4902, 0.7765
RGB percentages49%, 49%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(240, 39%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 36.9%, 77.6%)
CMYK36.9%, 36.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,224,198
CSS custom property--colour: #7D7DC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#828239

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6587C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6282C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#698B98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.6Medium purple · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.9Plum · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6C67D
Analogous#7DA2C6, #A27DC6
Triadic#C67D7D, #7DC67D
Split complementary#C6A27D, #A2C67D
Tetradic#C67DA2, #C6C67D, #7DC6A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E7F5
Lighter +20%#C4C4E5
Lighter +10%#A0A0D6
Darker −10%#5A5AB6
Darker −20%#43439A
Darker −30%#343476
Darker −40%#242453
More saturated +25%#6666DD
Less saturated −25%#9494AF

Channel breakdown

R125
G125
B198
Red125 (49%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)39.04%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 7D · B C6

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