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Recognised as Colour

#848BED

  • #848BED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#848BED is a blue with RGB values 132, 139, 237 and HSL 236°, 74%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#848BED#848BED
HEX#848BED
RGBrgb(132, 139, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5451, 0.9294
RGB percentages51.8%, 54.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(236, 74.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236, 44.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK44.3%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,686,573
CSS custom property--colour: #848BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.9:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#7B7412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6698F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F90EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Tritanopia#619FB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13Medium purple · ΔE 15.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 18Royal blue · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 22.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE684
Analogous#84C0ED, #B284ED
Triadic#ED848B, #8BED84
Split complementary#EDB284, #C0ED84
Tetradic#ED84C0, #EDE684, #84EDB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDDFFA
Lighter +10%#B0B5F4
Darker −10%#5861E6
Darker −20%#2B37E0
Darker −30%#1C26BC
Darker −40%#151D90
More saturated +25%#727CFF
Less saturated −25%#969ADB

Channel breakdown

R132
G139
B237
Red132 (51.8%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue236°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 8B · B ED

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