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Recognised as Colour

#839DB2

  • #839DB2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#839DB2 is a blue with RGB values 131, 157, 178 and HSL 207°, 23%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#839DB2
RGBrgb(131, 157, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6157, 0.698
RGB percentages51.4%, 61.6%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(206.8, 23.4%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.8, 26.4%, 69.8%)
CMYK26.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,625,586
CSS custom property--colour: #839DB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#7C624D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#949DB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E97B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#75A2A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3Slate grey · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Dark grey · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Gray · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B29883
Analogous#83B2AF, #8386B2
Triadic#B2839D, #9DB283
Split complementary#B28386, #B2AF83
Tetradic#AF83B2, #B29883, #86B283

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1E8ED
Lighter +20%#C2CFD9
Lighter +10%#A2B6C6
Darker −10%#64849E
Darker −20%#4F6A80
Darker −30%#3C5060
Darker −40%#283641
More saturated +25%#6AA0CB
Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R131
G157
B178
Red131 (51.4%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue206.81°
Saturation (HSL)23.38%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9D · B B2

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