Recognised as Colour

#807E9C

#807E9C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#807E9C is a blue with RGB values 128, 126, 156 and HSL 244°, 13%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#807E9C#807E9C

HEX#807E9C

RGBrgb(128, 126, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.4941, 0.6118

RGB percentages50.2%, 49.4%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(244, 13.2%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(244, 19.2%, 61.2%)

CMYK17.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,421,020

CSS custom property--colour: #807E9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#7F8163

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#77829Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#77809Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7A8388no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.8 Slate grey · ΔE 10.8 Gray · ΔE 17.4 Dim grey · ΔE 19.8 Steel blue · ΔE 20 Dark grey · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A9C7E

Analogous#7E8B9C, #8F7E9C

Triadic#9C807E, #7E9C80

Split complementary#9C8F7E, #8B9C7E

Tetradic#9C7E8B, #9A9C7E, #7E9C8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2F1F5

Lighter +30%#D5D5DE

Lighter +20%#B9B8C8

Lighter +10%#9C9BB2

Darker −10%#666483

Darker −20%#504E66

Darker −30%#393849

Darker −40%#23222C

More saturated +25%#6762B9

Less saturated −25%#8D8D8D

Channel breakdown

R128

G126

B156

Red128 (50.2%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue244°

Saturation (HSL)13.16%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 7E · B 9C

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Colour values

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