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Colour

#7D8AAA

  • #7D8AAA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7D8AAA is a blue with RGB values 125, 138, 170 and HSL 223°, 21%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7D8AAA#7D8AAA
HEX#7D8AAA
RGBrgb(125, 138, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.5412, 0.6667
RGB percentages49%, 54.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(222.7, 20.9%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 26.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK26.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,227,498
CSS custom property--colour: #7D8AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#827555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808CABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C88A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#719095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 10.3Steel blue · ΔE 16.1Gray · ΔE 19Light steelblue · ΔE 21.6Dark grey · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9D7D
Analogous#7DA0AA, #877DAA
Triadic#AA7D8A, #8AAA7D
Split complementary#AA877D, #A0AA7D
Tetradic#AA7DA0, #AA9D7D, #7DAA86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F9FB
Lighter +30%#DADDE6
Lighter +20%#BBC2D2
Lighter +10%#9CA6BE
Darker −10%#606F94
Darker −20%#4C5875
Darker −30%#384156
Darker −40%#242937
More saturated +25%#627FC5
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R125
G138
B170
Red125 (49%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue222.67°
Saturation (HSL)20.93%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 8A · B AA

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