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Colour

#8495BD

  • #8495BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8495BD is a blue with RGB values 132, 149, 189 and HSL 222°, 30%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8495BD#8495BD
HEX#8495BD
RGBrgb(132, 149, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5843, 0.7412
RGB percentages51.8%, 58.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(222.1, 30.2%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 30.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK30.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,689,085
CSS custom property--colour: #8495BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#7B6A42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8898BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8393BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#749DA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.1Steel blue · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.6Dark grey · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDAC84
Analogous#84B1BD, #9084BD
Triadic#BD8495, #95BD84
Split complementary#BD9084, #B2BD84
Tetradic#BD84B1, #BDAC84, #84BD8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8EBF2
Lighter +20%#C6CEE1
Lighter +10%#A5B2CF
Darker −10%#6378AB
Darker −20%#4C608F
Darker −30%#3B4A6D
Darker −40%#29334C
More saturated +25%#6C8BD5
Less saturated −25%#9C9FA5

Channel breakdown

R132
G149
B189
Red132 (51.8%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue222.11°
Saturation (HSL)30.16%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 95 · B BD

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