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Recognised as Colour

#8489A8

  • #8489A8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8489A8 is a blue with RGB values 132, 137, 168 and HSL 232°, 17%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8489A8#8489A8
HEX#8489A8
RGBrgb(132, 137, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5373, 0.6588
RGB percentages51.8%, 53.7%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(231.7, 17.1%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.7, 21.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK21.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,685,992
CSS custom property--colour: #8489A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#7B7657

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818CA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F89A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7C8E93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.5Slate grey · ΔE 10.8Gray · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 18.5Dark grey · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8A384
Analogous#849BA8, #9184A8
Triadic#A88489, #89A884
Split complementary#A89184, #9BA884
Tetradic#A8849B, #A8A384, #84A891

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFD
Lighter +30%#DEDFE7
Lighter +20%#C0C2D2
Lighter +10%#A2A6BD
Darker −10%#676D92
Darker −20%#525774
Darker −30%#3D4056
Darker −40%#282A38
More saturated +25%#6A76C2
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R132
G137
B168
Red132 (51.8%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue231.67°
Saturation (HSL)17.14%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 89 · B A8

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