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Recognised as Colour

#8498BC

  • #8498BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8498BC is a blue with RGB values 132, 152, 188 and HSL 219°, 29%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8498BC#8498BC
HEX#8498BC
RGBrgb(132, 152, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.5961, 0.7373
RGB percentages51.8%, 59.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(218.6, 29.5%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 29.8%, 73.7%)
CMYK29.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,689,852
CSS custom property--colour: #8498BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#7B6743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C9ABEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8795BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#749FA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.4Slate grey · ΔE 14.6Steel blue · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Dark grey · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCA884
Analogous#84B4BC, #8C84BC
Triadic#BC8498, #98BC84
Split complementary#BC8C84, #B4BC84
Tetradic#BC84B4, #BCA884, #84BC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7EBF2
Lighter +20%#C6CFE0
Lighter +10%#A5B4CE
Darker −10%#637CAA
Darker −20%#4D648D
Darker −30%#3B4C6C
Darker −40%#29354B
More saturated +25%#6C91D4
Less saturated −25%#9C9FA4

Channel breakdown

R132
G152
B188
Red132 (51.8%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue218.57°
Saturation (HSL)29.47%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 98 · B BC

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