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Recognised as Colour

#8497BB

  • #8497BB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8497BB is a blue with RGB values 132, 151, 187 and HSL 219°, 29%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8497BB#8497BB
HEX#8497BB
RGBrgb(132, 151, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5922, 0.7333
RGB percentages51.8%, 59.2%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(219.3, 28.8%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.3, 29.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK29.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,689,595
CSS custom property--colour: #8497BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#7B6844

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B99BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8694BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#759EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Dark grey · ΔE 22.1Gray · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBA884
Analogous#84B3BB, #8D84BB
Triadic#BB8497, #97BB84
Split complementary#BB8C84, #B3BB84
Tetradic#BB84B3, #BBA884, #84BB8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7EAF1
Lighter +20%#C6CFDF
Lighter +10%#A5B3CD
Darker −10%#637BA9
Darker −20%#4D638C
Darker −30%#3B4C6B
Darker −40%#29344A
More saturated +25%#6C90D3
Less saturated −25%#9C9EA3

Channel breakdown

R132
G151
B187
Red132 (51.8%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue219.27°
Saturation (HSL)28.8%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 97 · B BB

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