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Colour

#7F9BFB

  • #7F9BFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#7F9BFB is a blue with RGB values 127, 155, 251 and HSL 226°, 94%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#7F9BFB#7F9BFB
HEX#7F9BFB
RGBrgb(127, 155, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6078, 0.9843
RGB percentages49.8%, 60.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(226.5, 93.9%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 49.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK49.4%, 38.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,363,003
CSS custom property--colour: #7F9BFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#806404

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76A5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#699BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#4AAFBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 15.2Medium purple · ΔE 23.5Royal blue · ΔE 25.1Slate blue · ΔE 29.5Steel blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBDF7F
Analogous#7FD9FB, #A17FFB
Triadic#FB7F9B, #9BFB7F
Split complementary#FBA17F, #D9FB7F
Tetradic#FB7FD9, #FBDF7F, #7FFBA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E8FE
Lighter +10%#B0C2FD
Darker −10%#4E74F9
Darker −20%#1C4EF8
Darker −30%#0737DA
Darker −40%#052AA9
More saturated +25%#7B99FF
Less saturated −25%#90A4EB

Channel breakdown

R127
G155
B251
Red127 (49.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue226.45°
Saturation (HSL)93.94%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G 9B · B FB

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