Recognised as Colour

#808DA4

#808DA4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#808DA4 is a blue with RGB values 128, 141, 164 and HSL 218°, 17%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#808DA4

RGBrgb(128, 141, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5529, 0.6431

RGB percentages50.2%, 55.3%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(218.3, 16.5%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 22%, 64.3%)

CMYK22%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,424,868

CSS custom property--colour: #808DA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#7F725B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#868EA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#828BA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#779294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 4.5 Slate grey · ΔE 6.9 Gray · ΔE 14.5 Dark grey · ΔE 17.5 Dim grey · ΔE 19.5 Steel blue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 4.48, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A49780

Analogous#809FA4, #8580A4

Triadic#A4808D, #8DA480

Split complementary#A48580, #9FA480

Tetradic#A4809F, #A49780, #80A485

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F8F9

Lighter +30%#D9DDE4

Lighter +20%#BBC2CF

Lighter +10%#9EA8B9

Darker −10%#65738C

Darker −20%#4F5B6F

Darker −30%#3A4251

Darker −40%#252A33

More saturated +25%#6585BF

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R128

G141

B164

Red128 (50.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue218.33°

Saturation (HSL)16.51%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 8D · B A4

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