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Recognised as Colour

#8295AC

  • #8295AC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8295AC is a blue with RGB values 130, 149, 172 and HSL 213°, 20%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8295AC#8295AC
HEX#8295AC
RGBrgb(130, 149, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.5843, 0.6745
RGB percentages51%, 58.4%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(212.9, 20.2%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.9, 24.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK24.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,557,996
CSS custom property--colour: #8295AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#7D6A53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D96ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8891ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#779A9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6Slate grey · ΔE 9Gray · ΔE 16.1Dark grey · ΔE 16.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC9982
Analogous#82AAAC, #8482AC
Triadic#AC8295, #95AC82
Split complementary#AC8482, #AAAC82
Tetradic#AC82AA, #AC9982, #82AC84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFDFD
Lighter +30%#DEE3E9
Lighter +20%#BFC9D5
Lighter +10%#A1AFC0
Darker −10%#647B97
Darker −20%#506278
Darker −30%#3B495A
Darker −40%#27303B
More saturated +25%#6893C6
Less saturated −25%#979797

Channel breakdown

R130
G149
B172
Red130 (51%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue212.86°
Saturation (HSL)20.19%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 95 · B AC

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