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Recognised as Colour

#829CBB

  • #829CBB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#829CBB is a blue with RGB values 130, 156, 187 and HSL 213°, 30%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#829CBB#829CBB
HEX#829CBB
RGBrgb(130, 156, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.6118, 0.7333
RGB percentages51%, 61.2%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(212.6, 29.5%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.6, 30.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK30.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,559,803
CSS custom property--colour: #829CBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#7D6344

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#919DBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A97BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#71A3A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBA182
Analogous#82B9BB, #8482BB
Triadic#BB829C, #9CBB82
Split complementary#BB8482, #B9BB82
Tetradic#BB82B9, #BBA182, #82BB84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5EAF1
Lighter +20%#C4D0DF
Lighter +10%#A3B6CD
Darker −10%#6182A9
Darker −20%#4C698B
Darker −30%#3A506A
Darker −40%#283749
More saturated +25%#6A9AD3
Less saturated −25%#9A9EA3

Channel breakdown

R130
G156
B187
Red130 (51%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue212.63°
Saturation (HSL)29.53%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 82 · G 9C · B BB

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