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Colour

#7E8AAA

  • #7E8AAA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7E8AAA is a blue with RGB values 126, 138, 170 and HSL 224°, 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

#7E8AAA#7E8AAA
HEX#7E8AAA
RGBrgb(126, 138, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.5412, 0.6667
RGB percentages49.4%, 54.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(223.6, 20.6%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 25.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK25.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,293,034
CSS custom property--colour: #7E8AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#817555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808CABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D89A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#739095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.1Slate grey · ΔE 10.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Gray · ΔE 19Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Dark grey · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9E7E
Analogous#7EA0AA, #887EAA
Triadic#AA7E8A, #8AAA7E
Split complementary#AA887E, #A0AA7E
Tetradic#AA7EA0, #AA9E7E, #7EAA88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FAFB
Lighter +30%#DADEE7
Lighter +20%#BBC2D3
Lighter +10%#9DA6BE
Darker −10%#616F94
Darker −20%#4D5875
Darker −30%#394156
Darker −40%#252A37
More saturated +25%#637EC5
Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R126
G138
B170
Red126 (49.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)20.56%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 8A · B AA

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