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Recognised as Colour

#8096AD

  • #8096AD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8096AD is a blue with RGB values 128, 150, 173 and HSL 211°, 22%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8096AD#8096AD
HEX#8096AD
RGBrgb(128, 150, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.5882, 0.6784
RGB percentages50.2%, 58.8%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(210.7, 21.5%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.7, 26%, 67.8%)
CMYK26%, 13.3%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,427,181
CSS custom property--colour: #8096AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#7F6952

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D96AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8892ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#739B9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.3Slate grey · ΔE 9.2Gray · ΔE 16.6Dark grey · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Cadetblue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD9780
Analogous#80ADAD, #8080AD
Triadic#AD8096, #96AD80
Split complementary#AD8080, #ADAD80
Tetradic#AD80AD, #AD9780, #80AD80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFD
Lighter +30%#DDE3E9
Lighter +20%#BEC9D5
Lighter +10%#9FB0C1
Darker −10%#627C98
Darker −20%#4E6379
Darker −30%#3A4A5A
Darker −40%#26303B
More saturated +25%#6695C7
Less saturated −25%#979797

Channel breakdown

R128
G150
B173
Red128 (50.2%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue210.67°
Saturation (HSL)21.53%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 80 · G 96 · B AD

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