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Recognised as Colour

#7FA4C3

  • #7FA4C3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#7FA4C3 is a blue with RGB values 127, 164, 195 and HSL 207°, 36%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#7FA4C3#7FA4C3
HEX#7FA4C3
RGBrgb(127, 164, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.6431, 0.7647
RGB percentages49.8%, 64.3%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(207.4, 36.2%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.4, 34.9%, 76.5%)
CMYK34.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,365,251
CSS custom property--colour: #7FA4C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#805B3C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A4C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9DC2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#69ABAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Slate grey · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C39E7F
Analogous#7FC3C0, #7F82C3
Triadic#C37FA4, #A4C37F
Split complementary#C37F82, #C3C07F
Tetradic#C07FC3, #C39E7F, #82C37F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7EEF4
Lighter +20%#C4D5E4
Lighter +10%#A2BDD3
Darker −10%#5C8BB3
Darker −20%#467296
Darker −30%#365773
Darker −40%#263D50
More saturated +25%#68A6DA
Less saturated −25%#97A2AB

Channel breakdown

R127
G164
B195
Red127 (49.8%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue207.35°
Saturation (HSL)36.17%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7F · G A4 · B C3

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