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Recognised as Colour

#8198AE

  • #8198AE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8198AE is a blue with RGB values 129, 152, 174 and HSL 209°, 22%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8198AE#8198AE
HEX#8198AE
RGBrgb(129, 152, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.5961, 0.6824
RGB percentages50.6%, 59.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(209.3, 21.7%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.3, 25.9%, 68.2%)
CMYK25.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,493,230
CSS custom property--colour: #8198AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#7E6751

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9098AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A93AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#749D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.7Slate grey · ΔE 9.7Dark grey · ΔE 16.3Gray · ΔE 16.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE9781
Analogous#81AEAE, #8181AE
Triadic#AE8198, #98AE81
Split complementary#AE8181, #AEAE81
Tetradic#AE81AE, #AE9781, #81AE81

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFE
Lighter +30%#DEE4EA
Lighter +20%#BFCBD6
Lighter +10%#A0B1C2
Darker −10%#637F99
Darker −20%#4F657A
Darker −30%#3B4B5B
Darker −40%#27323C
More saturated +25%#6799C8
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R129
G152
B174
Red129 (50.6%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue209.33°
Saturation (HSL)21.74%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 81 · G 98 · B AE

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