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Recognised as Colour

#7E96ED

  • #7E96ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7E96ED is a blue with RGB values 126, 150, 237 and HSL 227°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7E96ED#7E96ED
HEX#7E96ED
RGBrgb(126, 150, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.5882, 0.9294
RGB percentages49.4%, 58.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(227, 75.5%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227, 46.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK46.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,296,173
CSS custom property--colour: #7E96ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#816912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#759FF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B96EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#53A8B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 6Dodgerblue · ΔE 18Medium purple · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.9Royal blue · ΔE 27.3Slate blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD57E
Analogous#7ECDED, #9E7EED
Triadic#ED7E96, #96ED7E
Split complementary#ED9D7E, #CEED7E
Tetradic#ED7ECD, #EDD57E, #7EED9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8DFF9
Lighter +10%#ABBAF3
Darker −10%#5172E7
Darker −20%#244DE1
Darker −30%#1A3CB8
Darker −40%#132D8C
More saturated +25%#6C8CFF
Less saturated −25%#90A0DB

Channel breakdown

R126
G150
B237
Red126 (49.4%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue227.03°
Saturation (HSL)75.51%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 96 · B ED

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