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Recognised as Colour

#7F87A8

  • #7F87A8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7F87A8 is a blue with RGB values 127, 135, 168 and HSL 228°, 19%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7F87A8#7F87A8
HEX#7F87A8
RGBrgb(127, 135, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.5294, 0.6588
RGB percentages49.8%, 52.9%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(228.3, 19.1%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.3, 24.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK24.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,357,800
CSS custom property--colour: #7F87A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#807857

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E8AAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B87A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#758D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10Slate grey · ΔE 11Steel blue · ΔE 16.8Gray · ΔE 19.2Dim grey · ΔE 22.6Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8A07F
Analogous#7F9CA8, #8B7FA8
Triadic#A87F87, #87A87F
Split complementary#A88B7F, #9CA87F
Tetradic#A87F9C, #A8A07F, #7FA88B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F9FB
Lighter +30%#DADCE6
Lighter +20%#BCC0D1
Lighter +10%#9DA3BD
Darker −10%#636C91
Darker −20%#4E5573
Darker −30%#393F55
Darker −40%#252836
More saturated +25%#6477C3
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R127
G135
B168
Red127 (49.8%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue228.29°
Saturation (HSL)19.07%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 87 · B A8

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