Recognised as Colour

#8388AE

#8388AE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#8388AE is a blue with RGB values 131, 136, 174 and HSL 233°, 21%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8388AE#8388AE

HEX#8388AE

RGBrgb(131, 136, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.5333, 0.6824

RGB percentages51.4%, 53.3%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(233, 21%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(233, 24.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK24.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,620,206

CSS custom property--colour: #8388AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1

Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#7C7751

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E8CB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B89ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#798F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.2 Slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Steel blue · ΔE 16.6 Gray · ΔE 22 Light steelblue · ΔE 23 Dark grey · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEA983

Analogous#839EAE, #9383AE

Triadic#AE8388, #88AE83

Split complementary#AE9383, #9EAE83

Tetradic#AE839E, #AEA983, #83AE93

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFF

Lighter +30%#E0E1EA

Lighter +20%#C1C3D6

Lighter +10%#A2A6C2

Darker −10%#646B9A

Darker −20%#50557B

Darker −30%#3C405C

Darker −40%#282A3D

More saturated +25%#6974C8

Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R131

G136

B174

Red131 (51.4%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue233.02°

Saturation (HSL)20.98%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 83 · G 88 · B AE

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