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Recognised as Colour

#808AAB

  • #808AAB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#808AAB is a blue with RGB values 128, 138, 171 and HSL 226°, 20%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#808AAB#808AAB
HEX#808AAB
RGBrgb(128, 138, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5412, 0.6706
RGB percentages50.2%, 54.1%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(226, 20.4%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 25.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK25.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,424,107
CSS custom property--colour: #808AAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#7F7554

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808DADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D89AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#759095no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.8Slate grey · ΔE 11.2Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Gray · ΔE 19.4Light steelblue · ΔE 21.6Dark grey · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABA180
Analogous#80A0AB, #8B80AB
Triadic#AB808A, #8AAB80
Split complementary#AB8B80, #A0AB80
Tetradic#AB80A0, #ABA180, #80AB8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBFC
Lighter +30%#DCDFE8
Lighter +20%#BDC3D4
Lighter +10%#9FA6BF
Darker −10%#636E95
Darker −20%#4E5877
Darker −30%#3A4158
Darker −40%#262A39
More saturated +25%#667CC5
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R128
G138
B171
Red128 (50.2%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue226.05°
Saturation (HSL)20.38%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 8A · B AB

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