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Recognised as Colour

#8390AF

  • #8390AF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8390AF is a blue with RGB values 131, 144, 175 and HSL 222°, 22%, 60%. 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

#8390AF#8390AF
HEX#8390AF
RGBrgb(131, 144, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.5647, 0.6863
RGB percentages51.4%, 56.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(222.3, 21.6%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.3, 25.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK25.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,622,255
CSS custom property--colour: #8390AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#7C6F50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8692B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#838EAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#78969Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 11Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 19Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Dark grey · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFA283
Analogous#83A6AF, #8C83AF
Triadic#AF8390, #90AF83
Split complementary#AF8C83, #A6AF83
Tetradic#AF83A6, #AFA283, #83AF8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0E3EB
Lighter +20%#C1C8D7
Lighter +10%#A2ACC3
Darker −10%#64749B
Darker −20%#505D7C
Darker −30%#3C465D
Darker −40%#282F3E
More saturated +25%#6A86C9
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R131
G144
B175
Red131 (51.4%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue222.27°
Saturation (HSL)21.57%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 90 · B AF

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