Recognised as Colour

#8288D3

#8288D3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8288D3 is a blue with RGB values 130, 136, 211 and HSL 236°, 48%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8288D3

RGBrgb(130, 136, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.5333, 0.8275

RGB percentages51%, 53.3%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(235.6, 47.9%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235.6, 38.4%, 82.7%)

CMYK38.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,554,707

CSS custom property--colour: #8288D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#7D772C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F91D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A8BD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#6A97A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.5 Steel blue · ΔE 22.4 Medium purple · ΔE 23.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.9 Plum · ΔE 27.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D3CD82

Analogous#82B1D3, #A482D3

Triadic#D38288, #88D382

Split complementary#D3A482, #B1D382

Tetradic#D382B1, #D3CD82, #82D3A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F4FB

Lighter +20%#CDD0EE

Lighter +10%#A8ACE0

Darker −10%#5C64C6

Darker −20%#3E47B1

Darker −30%#31388B

Darker −40%#242965

More saturated +25%#6D76E8

Less saturated −25%#979ABE

Channel breakdown

R130

G136

B211

Red130 (51%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue235.56°

Saturation (HSL)47.93%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 82 · G 88 · B D3

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