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Recognised as Colour

#7E8BAC

  • #7E8BAC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7E8BAC is a blue with RGB values 126, 139, 172 and HSL 223°, 22%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7E8BAC#7E8BAC
HEX#7E8BAC
RGBrgb(126, 139, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.5451, 0.6745
RGB percentages49.4%, 54.5%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(223, 21.7%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 26.7%, 67.5%)
CMYK26.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,293,292
CSS custom property--colour: #7E8BAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#817453

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818DAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D89ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#729196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.6Slate grey · ΔE 11Steel blue · ΔE 16Gray · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.3Dark grey · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC9F7E
Analogous#7EA2AC, #887EAC
Triadic#AC7E8B, #8BAC7E
Split complementary#AC887E, #A2AC7E
Tetradic#AC7EA2, #AC9F7E, #7EAC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#DBDFE8
Lighter +20%#BCC3D4
Lighter +10%#9DA7C0
Darker −10%#617096
Darker −20%#4D5977
Darker −30%#394258
Darker −40%#252B39
More saturated +25%#647FC7
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R126
G139
B172
Red126 (49.4%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue223.04°
Saturation (HSL)21.7%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 8B · B AC

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