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Colour

#839FDC

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

#839FDC is a blue with RGB values 131, 159, 220 and HSL 221°, 56%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#839FDC#839FDC
HEX#839FDC
RGBrgb(131, 159, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.6235, 0.8627
RGB percentages51.4%, 62.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(221.1, 56%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 40.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK40.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,626,140
CSS custom property--colour: #839FDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#7C6023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AA4DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#819CDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#65ACB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.1Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4Light steelblue · ΔE 23.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.7Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC083
Analogous#83CCDC, #9383DC
Triadic#DC839F, #9FDC83
Split complementary#DC9383, #CCDC83
Tetradic#DC83CC, #DCC083, #83DC93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFE
Lighter +20%#D3DDF2
Lighter +10%#ABBEE7
Darker −10%#5B80D1
Darker −20%#3763C2
Darker −30%#2C4E9A
Darker −40%#203A73
More saturated +25%#6F98F0
Less saturated −25%#97A6C8

Channel breakdown

R131
G159
B220
Red131 (51.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue221.12°
Saturation (HSL)55.97%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 83 · G 9F · B DC

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