Recognised as Colour

#808EA2

#808EA2
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#808EA2 is a blue with RGB values 128, 142, 162 and HSL 215°, 15%, 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

#808EA2#808EA2

HEX#808EA2

RGBrgb(128, 142, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5569, 0.6353

RGB percentages50.2%, 55.7%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(215.3, 15.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 21%, 63.5%)

CMYK21%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,425,122

CSS custom property--colour: #808EA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#7F715D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#878FA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#848BA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#779294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 3.3 Slate grey · ΔE 6.2 Gray · ΔE 13.2 Dark grey · ΔE 16.3 Dim grey · ΔE 18.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 3.32, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A29480

Analogous#809FA2, #8380A2

Triadic#A2808E, #8EA280

Split complementary#A28380, #9FA280

Tetradic#A2809F, #A29480, #80A283

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F7F8

Lighter +30%#D8DDE3

Lighter +20%#BBC2CD

Lighter +10%#9DA8B8

Darker −10%#65748A

Darker −20%#4F5B6D

Darker −30%#3A434F

Darker −40%#242A32

More saturated +25%#6489BE

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R128

G142

B162

Red128 (50.2%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue215.29°

Saturation (HSL)15.45%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 80 · G 8E · B A2

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