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Recognised as Colour

#7D99E9

  • #7D99E9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7D99E9 is a blue with RGB values 125, 153, 233 and HSL 224°, 71%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7D99E9#7D99E9
HEX#7D99E9
RGBrgb(125, 153, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.6, 0.9137
RGB percentages49%, 60%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(224.4, 71.1%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 46.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK46.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,231,401
CSS custom property--colour: #7D99E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#826616

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA1ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7197E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#53AAB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Medium purple · ΔE 28Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.1Light skyblue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9CD7D
Analogous#7DCFE9, #977DE9
Triadic#E97D99, #99E97D
Split complementary#E9977D, #CFE97D
Tetradic#E97DCF, #E9CD7D, #7DE997

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D4DDF8
Lighter +10%#A9BBF0
Darker −10%#5177E2
Darker −20%#2655DA
Darker −30%#1E43AF
Darker −40%#163384
More saturated +25%#6A90FC
Less saturated −25%#90A2D6

Channel breakdown

R125
G153
B233
Red125 (49%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue224.44°
Saturation (HSL)71.05%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7D · G 99 · B E9

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