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Recognised as Colour

#838CA7

  • #838CA7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#838CA7 is a blue with RGB values 131, 140, 167 and HSL 225°, 17%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#838CA7#838CA7
HEX#838CA7
RGBrgb(131, 140, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.549, 0.6549
RGB percentages51.4%, 54.9%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(225, 17%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 21.6%, 65.5%)
CMYK21.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,621,223
CSS custom property--colour: #838CA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.27:1
Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#7C7358

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#848EA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#818BA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7A9195no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7Slate grey · ΔE 8.8Gray · ΔE 16.3Dark grey · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A79E83
Analogous#839EA7, #8C83A7
Triadic#A7838C, #8CA783
Split complementary#A78C83, #9EA783
Tetradic#A7839E, #A79E83, #83A78C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBFC
Lighter +30%#DCDFE7
Lighter +20%#BFC3D1
Lighter +10%#A1A8BC
Darker −10%#677190
Darker −20%#515A73
Darker −30%#3C4255
Darker −40%#272B37
More saturated +25%#687FC2
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R131
G140
B167
Red131 (51.4%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)16.98%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 8C · B A7

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