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Recognised as Colour

#828EAA

  • #828EAA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#828EAA is a blue with RGB values 130, 142, 170 and HSL 222°, 19%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#828EAA#828EAA
HEX#828EAA
RGBrgb(130, 142, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.5569, 0.6667
RGB percentages51%, 55.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(222, 19%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 23.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK23.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,556,202
CSS custom property--colour: #828EAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.4:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#7D7155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8590ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#828CA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#789397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 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 text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.3Slate grey · ΔE 9.3Gray · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9E82
Analogous#82A2AA, #8A82AA
Triadic#AA828E, #8EAA82
Split complementary#AA8A82, #A2AA82
Tetradic#AA82A2, #AA9E82, #82AA8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFD
Lighter +30%#DDE0E8
Lighter +20%#BFC5D3
Lighter +10%#A0A9BF
Darker −10%#657394
Darker −20%#505B76
Darker −30%#3B4457
Darker −40%#272C39
More saturated +25%#6883C4
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R130
G142
B170
Red130 (51%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)19.05%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 8E · B AA

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