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Recognised as Colour

#839DDC

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

#839DDC is a blue with RGB values 131, 157, 220 and HSL 222°, 56%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#839DDC#839DDC
HEX#839DDC
RGBrgb(131, 157, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6157, 0.8627
RGB percentages51.4%, 61.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(222.5, 56%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 40.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK40.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,625,628
CSS custom property--colour: #839DDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#7C6223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A2DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E9ADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#65AAB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 16.8Light skyblue · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 25.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.7Light slate grey · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC283
Analogous#83CADC, #9583DC
Triadic#DC839D, #9DDC83
Split complementary#DC9583, #CADC83
Tetradic#DC83CA, #DCC283, #83DC95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFE
Lighter +20%#D3DCF2
Lighter +10%#ABBCE7
Darker −10%#5B7ED1
Darker −20%#3760C2
Darker −30%#2C4C9A
Darker −40%#203873
More saturated +25%#6F95F0
Less saturated −25%#97A5C8

Channel breakdown

R131
G157
B220
Red131 (51.4%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue222.47°
Saturation (HSL)55.97%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9D · B DC

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