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Recognised as Colour

#7E9AD9

  • #7E9AD9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7E9AD9 is a blue with RGB values 126, 154, 217 and HSL 222°, 54%, 67%. 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

#7E9AD9#7E9AD9
HEX#7E9AD9
RGBrgb(126, 154, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.6039, 0.851
RGB percentages49.4%, 60.4%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(221.5, 54.5%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 41.9%, 85.1%)
CMYK41.9%, 29%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,297,177
CSS custom property--colour: #7E9AD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#816526

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#849FDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B97D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5EA7B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.5Steel blue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 24.3Light steelblue · ΔE 25.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.6Light slate grey · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9BD7E
Analogous#7EC8D9, #907ED9
Triadic#D97E9A, #9AD97E
Split complementary#D9907E, #C8D97E
Tetradic#D97EC8, #D9BD7E, #7ED990

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F7FC
Lighter +20%#CDD8F0
Lighter +10%#A5B9E5
Darker −10%#577BCD
Darker −20%#375FBA
Darker −30%#2B4B93
Darker −40%#20376B
More saturated +25%#6992EE
Less saturated −25%#93A2C4

Channel breakdown

R126
G154
B217
Red126 (49.4%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)54.49%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7E · G 9A · B D9

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