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Recognised as Colour

#8282AA

  • #8282AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8282AA is a blue with RGB values 130, 130, 170 and HSL 240°, 19%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8282AA#8282AA
HEX#8282AA
RGBrgb(130, 130, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.5098, 0.6667
RGB percentages51%, 51%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(240, 19%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 23.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK23.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,553,130
CSS custom property--colour: #8282AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#7D7D55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7887ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7684A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#798990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 23Dim grey · ΔE 25.6Light steelblue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAAA82
Analogous#8296AA, #9682AA
Triadic#AA8282, #82AA82
Split complementary#AA9682, #96AA82
Tetradic#AA8296, #AAAA82, #82AA96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBFD
Lighter +30%#DDDDE8
Lighter +20%#BFBFD3
Lighter +10%#A0A0BF
Darker −10%#656594
Darker −20%#505076
Darker −30%#3B3B57
Darker −40%#272739
More saturated +25%#6868C4
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R130
G130
B170
Red130 (51%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)19.05%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 82 · B AA

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