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Recognised as Colour

#839ADD

  • #839ADD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#839ADD is a blue with RGB values 131, 154, 221 and HSL 225°, 57%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#839ADD#839ADD
HEX#839ADD
RGBrgb(131, 154, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6039, 0.8667
RGB percentages51.4%, 60.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(224.7, 57%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 40.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK40.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,624,861
CSS custom property--colour: #839ADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#7C6522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B98DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#65A8B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.9Steel blue · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 26.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.2Light steelblue · ΔE 27.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC683
Analogous#83C7DD, #9983DD
Triadic#DD839A, #9ADD83
Split complementary#DD9983, #C7DD83
Tetradic#DD83C7, #DDC683, #83DD99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFE
Lighter +20%#D3DBF3
Lighter +10%#ABBBE8
Darker −10%#5B79D2
Darker −20%#365AC4
Darker −30%#2B489C
Darker −40%#203574
More saturated +25%#6F90F1
Less saturated −25%#97A4C9

Channel breakdown

R131
G154
B221
Red131 (51.4%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue224.67°
Saturation (HSL)56.96%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9A · B DD

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