#759DCD

sRGB · 117 / 157 / 205

#759DCD belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 117 red, 157 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 212.7° lands in the azure region. Its 46.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 63.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.46:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 117, 157, 205
HSL: 212.73°, 46.81%, 63.14%
HSV / HSB: 212.73°, 42.93%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 42.93%, 23.41%, 0.00%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.411, 32.303, 62.392
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 63.592, -1.090, -28.880
WCAG relative luminance: 0.32304
24-bit decimal: 7708109

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #759DCD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 7.46:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.81:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CDA575 sits half a turn (180°) from #759DCD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#759DCD #CDA575

Analogous

#75C9CD and #7975CD sit 30° to either side of #759DCD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#75C9CD #759DCD #7975CD

Triadic

#759DCD, #CD759D and #9DCD75 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#759DCD #CD759D #9DCD75

Split complementary

Start at #759DCD and look across the wheel. #CD7975 and #C9CD75 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#759DCD #CD7975 #C9CD75

Square

Starting with #759DCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CD75C9, #CDA575, then #75CD79. Across the square, #759DCD pairs with #CDA575, and #CD75C9 with #75CD79.

#759DCD #CD75C9 #CDA575 #75CD79

Tetradic

#759DCD and #CDA575 are opposites, as are #A575CD and #9DCD75. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#759DCD #A575CD #CDA575 #9DCD75

Tints

Mixing #759DCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #91B1D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #E3EBF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#759DCD #91B1D7 #ACC4E1 #C8D8EB #E3EBF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #759DCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5E7EA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #171F29, the mixture is 80% black.

#759DCD #5E7EA4 #465E7B #2F3F52 #171F29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #759DCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7797BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #7E868F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#759DCD #7797BE #7991AE #7C8C9F #7E868F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#759DCD

RGB

rgb(117 157 205)

HSL

hsl(212.727 46.809% 63.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #759DCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#759DCD uses 117 red, 157 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 45.9%

Green 61.6%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #759DCD is 42.9% cyan, 23.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 42.9%

Magenta 23.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #7799CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #79C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #759DCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #6699CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #7799CC Nearest web-safe · #6699CC

Gradient to complement

#759DCD #849EBE #92A0B0 #A1A1A1 #B0A292 #BEA484 #CDA575

Color vision previews

Compare how #759DCD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8096CC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#54A8AD

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#839DCE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7E99CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#70A0C2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9A9A9A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#899BB6

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.17789 G 0.33716 B 0.61050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.49140 G 0.61128 B 0.78778

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.20617 G 0.33188 B 0.58332

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.243 y 0.258 Y 32.303

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 54.118 M % 38.431 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01110101 10011101 11001101