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Recognised as Colour

#7D96DF

  • #7D96DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7D96DF is a blue with RGB values 125, 150, 223 and HSL 225°, 60%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7D96DF#7D96DF
HEX#7D96DF
RGBrgb(125, 150, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.5882, 0.8745
RGB percentages49%, 58.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(224.7, 60.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 43.9%, 87.5%)
CMYK43.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,230,623
CSS custom property--colour: #7D96DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#826920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C9DE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7294DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5AA5B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.8Light skyblue · ΔE 29.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 29.5Medium purple · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFC67D
Analogous#7DC7DF, #957DDF
Triadic#DF7D96, #96DF7D
Split complementary#DF957D, #C7DF7D
Tetradic#DF7DC7, #DFC67D, #7DDF95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F9FD
Lighter +20%#CFD8F3
Lighter +10%#A6B7E9
Darker −10%#5475D5
Darker −20%#3157C5
Darker −30%#27459C
Darker −40%#1C3374
More saturated +25%#698CF3
Less saturated −25%#91A0CB

Channel breakdown

R125
G150
B223
Red125 (49%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue224.69°
Saturation (HSL)60.49%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 96 · B DF

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