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Recognised as Colour

#7E96AE

  • #7E96AE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7E96AE is a blue with RGB values 126, 150, 174 and HSL 210°, 23%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7E96AE#7E96AE
HEX#7E96AE
RGBrgb(126, 150, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.5882, 0.6824
RGB percentages49.4%, 58.8%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(210, 22.9%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 27.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK27.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,296,110
CSS custom property--colour: #7E96AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.86:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#816951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D96AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8791AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#709B9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.7Slate grey · ΔE 9.5Gray · ΔE 17.3Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Dark grey · ΔE 17.6Cadetblue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE967E
Analogous#7EAEAE, #7E7EAE
Triadic#AE7E96, #96AE7E
Split complementary#AE7E7E, #AEAE7E
Tetradic#AE7EAE, #AE967E, #7EAE7E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFD
Lighter +30%#DCE3E9
Lighter +20%#BDC9D5
Lighter +10%#9DB0C2
Darker −10%#607D99
Darker −20%#4C637A
Darker −30%#394A5A
Darker −40%#25303B
More saturated +25%#6496C8
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R126
G150
B174
Red126 (49.4%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)22.86%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 96 · B AE

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