Colour

#817AA6

#817AA6
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#817AA6 is a blue with RGB values 129, 122, 166 and HSL 250°, 20%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#817AA6

RGBrgb(129, 122, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.4784, 0.651

RGB percentages50.6%, 47.8%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(249.5, 19.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.5, 26.5%, 65.1%)

CMYK22.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,485,542

CSS custom property--colour: #817AA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#7E8559

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F80A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#707FA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#798189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 18.7 Slate grey · ΔE 18.7 Steel blue · ΔE 19.1 Gray · ΔE 25.6 Dim grey · ΔE 27.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 18.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FA67A

Analogous#7A89A6, #977AA6

Triadic#A6817A, #7AA681

Split complementary#A6977A, #89A67A

Tetradic#A67A89, #9FA67A, #7AA697

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F4F8

Lighter +30%#D8D6E3

Lighter +20%#BBB7CF

Lighter +10%#9E99BA

Darker −10%#665F8E

Darker −20%#504B6F

Darker −30%#3A3651

Darker −40%#242232

More saturated +25%#6E5EC2

Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R129

G122

B166

Red129 (50.6%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue249.55°

Saturation (HSL)19.82%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 81 · G 7A · B A6

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