Colour

#7F8699

#7F8699
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#7F8699 is a blue with RGB values 127, 134, 153 and HSL 224°, 11%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#7F8699

RGBrgb(127, 134, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.5255, 0.6

RGB percentages49.8%, 52.5%, 60%

HSLhsl(223.8, 11.3%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.8, 17%, 60%)

CMYK17%, 12.4%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,357,529

CSS custom property--colour: #7F8699;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#807966

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#81879Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F8599no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#798A8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 3.8 Slate grey · ΔE 4.9 Gray · ΔE 11.4 Dim grey · ΔE 16 Dark grey · ΔE 17.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 3.82, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#99927F

Analogous#7F9399, #857F99

Triadic#997F86, #86997F

Split complementary#99857F, #93997F

Tetradic#997F93, #99927F, #7F9985

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1F1F3

Lighter +30%#D4D6DD

Lighter +20%#B8BCC6

Lighter +10%#9BA1B0

Darker −10%#666D7F

Darker −20%#4F5463

Darker −30%#383C47

Darker −40%#22242A

More saturated +25%#6279B6

Less saturated −25%#8C8C8C

Channel breakdown

R127

G134

B153

Red127 (49.8%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue223.85°

Saturation (HSL)11.3%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 86 · B 99

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