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Recognised as Colour

#7E8DA6

  • #7E8DA6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7E8DA6 is a blue with RGB values 126, 141, 166 and HSL 218°, 18%, 57%. 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

#7E8DA6#7E8DA6
HEX#7E8DA6
RGBrgb(126, 141, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.5529, 0.651
RGB percentages49.4%, 55.3%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(217.5, 18.3%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 24.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK24.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,293,798
CSS custom property--colour: #7E8DA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#817259

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858EA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#818AA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#749295no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.2Slate grey · ΔE 7.4Gray · ΔE 15.7Dark grey · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 18.7Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6977E
Analogous#7EA1A6, #837EA6
Triadic#A67E8D, #8DA67E
Split complementary#A6837E, #A1A67E
Tetradic#A67EA1, #A6977E, #7EA683

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F8F9
Lighter +30%#D9DDE4
Lighter +20%#BAC2D0
Lighter +10%#9CA8BB
Darker −10%#62738F
Darker −20%#4E5B70
Darker −30%#394252
Darker −40%#242A34
More saturated +25%#6386C1
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R126
G141
B166
Red126 (49.4%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue217.5°
Saturation (HSL)18.35%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 8D · B A6

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