Colour

#7F88A0

#7F88A0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#7F88A0 is a blue with RGB values 127, 136, 160 and HSL 224°, 15%, 56%. 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

#7F88A0#7F88A0

HEX#7F88A0

RGBrgb(127, 136, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.5333, 0.6275

RGB percentages49.8%, 53.3%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(223.6, 14.8%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 20.6%, 62.7%)

CMYK20.6%, 15%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,358,048

CSS custom property--colour: #7F88A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.4 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#80775F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#818AA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E879Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#778D90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 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 5.2 Slate grey · ΔE 6.6 Gray · ΔE 14.3 Dim grey · ΔE 18.6 Dark grey · ΔE 18.8 Steel blue · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.16, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A0977F

Analogous#7F99A0, #877FA0

Triadic#A07F88, #88A07F

Split complementary#A0877F, #99A07F

Tetradic#A07F99, #A0977F, #7FA087

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F5F7

Lighter +30%#D7DAE1

Lighter +20%#BABECB

Lighter +10%#9CA3B6

Darker −10%#656E87

Darker −20%#4F566A

Darker −30%#393E4D

Darker −40%#232730

More saturated +25%#637BBC

Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R127

G136

B160

Red127 (49.8%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)14.8%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 7F · G 88 · B A0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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