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Recognised as Colour

#879BF2

  • #879BF2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#879BF2 is a blue with RGB values 135, 155, 242 and HSL 229°, 80%, 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

#879BF2#879BF2
HEX#879BF2
RGBrgb(135, 155, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.6078, 0.949
RGB percentages52.9%, 60.8%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(228.8, 80.5%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.8, 44.2%, 94.9%)
CMYK44.2%, 36%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,887,282
CSS custom property--colour: #879BF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162 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#9D9D9D
Inverted#78640D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7CA4F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#729CF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#61ADBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 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

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.3Medium purple · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 27.1Royal blue · ΔE 28.7Plum · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2DE87
Analogous#87D0F2, #A987F2
Triadic#F2879B, #9BF287
Split complementary#F2A987, #D1F287
Tetradic#F287D0, #F2DE87, #87F2A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3E8FC
Lighter +10%#B5C1F7
Darker −10%#5975ED
Darker −20%#2B4EE8
Darker −30%#1638CA
Darker −40%#112B9C
More saturated +25%#7A93FF
Less saturated −25%#98A5E1

Channel breakdown

R135
G155
B242
Red135 (52.9%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue228.79°
Saturation (HSL)80.45%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 9B · B F2

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