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Recognised as Colour

#8290B6

  • #8290B6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8290B6 is a blue with RGB values 130, 144, 182 and HSL 224°, 26%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8290B6#8290B6
HEX#8290B6
RGBrgb(130, 144, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.5647, 0.7137
RGB percentages51%, 56.5%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(223.8, 26.3%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.8, 28.6%, 71.4%)
CMYK28.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,556,726
CSS custom property--colour: #8290B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2807WCAG 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 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#7D6F49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8493B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#808EB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#74979Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.3Steel blue · ΔE 15.3Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Gray · ΔE 22.7Dark grey · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6A882
Analogous#82AAB6, #8E82B6
Triadic#B68290, #90B682
Split complementary#B68E82, #AAB682
Tetradic#B682AA, #B6A882, #82B68E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3E6EE
Lighter +20%#C2C9DC
Lighter +10%#A2ADC9
Darker −10%#6273A3
Darker −20%#4D5C85
Darker −30%#3B4664
Darker −40%#282F44
More saturated +25%#6985CF
Less saturated −25%#9B9B9D

Channel breakdown

R130
G144
B182
Red130 (51%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue223.85°
Saturation (HSL)26.26%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 90 · B B6

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