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Colour

#8398AA

  • #8398AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8398AA is a blue with RGB values 131, 152, 170 and HSL 208°, 19%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8398AA#8398AA
HEX#8398AA
RGBrgb(131, 152, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.5961, 0.6667
RGB percentages51.4%, 59.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(207.7, 18.7%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.7, 22.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK22.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,624,298
CSS custom property--colour: #8398AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#7C6755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9198ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C93AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#789C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6Slate grey · ΔE 9.1Dark grey · ΔE 14.4Gray · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9583
Analogous#83AAA8, #8385AA
Triadic#AA8398, #98AA83
Split complementary#AA8385, #AAA883
Tetradic#A883AA, #AA9583, #85AA83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFDFD
Lighter +30%#DEE3E8
Lighter +20%#C0CAD3
Lighter +10%#A1B1BF
Darker −10%#667F94
Darker −20%#516576
Darker −30%#3C4B58
Darker −40%#27313A
More saturated +25%#699AC4
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R131
G152
B170
Red131 (51.4%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue207.69°
Saturation (HSL)18.66%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 98 · B AA

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