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Recognised as Colour

#8398B7

  • #8398B7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8398B7 is a blue with RGB values 131, 152, 183 and HSL 216°, 27%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8398B7#8398B7
HEX#8398B7
RGBrgb(131, 152, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.5961, 0.7176
RGB percentages51.4%, 59.6%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(215.8, 26.5%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 28.4%, 71.8%)
CMYK28.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,624,311
CSS custom property--colour: #8398B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#7C6748

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D99B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8894B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#749FA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10Slate grey · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.2Dark grey · ΔE 19.8Gray · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7A283
Analogous#83B2B7, #8883B7
Triadic#B78398, #98B783
Split complementary#B78883, #B2B783
Tetradic#B783B2, #B7A283, #83B788

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E8EF
Lighter +20%#C4CEDC
Lighter +10%#A3B3CA
Darker −10%#637DA4
Darker −20%#4E6586
Darker −30%#3B4C66
Darker −40%#283446
More saturated +25%#6B93D0
Less saturated −25%#9C9D9F

Channel breakdown

R131
G152
B183
Red131 (51.4%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue215.77°
Saturation (HSL)26.53%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 98 · B B7

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