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Recognised as Colour

#8499AE

  • #8499AE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8499AE is a blue with RGB values 132, 153, 174 and HSL 210°, 21%, 60%. 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

#8499AE#8499AE
HEX#8499AE
RGBrgb(132, 153, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6, 0.6824
RGB percentages51.8%, 60%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(210, 20.6%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 24.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK24.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,690,094
CSS custom property--colour: #8499AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#7B6651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9199AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C95AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#799EA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.8Slate grey · ΔE 9.9Dark grey · ΔE 15.3Gray · ΔE 16.2Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE9984
Analogous#84AEAE, #8484AE
Triadic#AE8499, #99AE84
Split complementary#AE8484, #AEAE84
Tetradic#AE84AE, #AE9984, #84AE84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0E6EB
Lighter +20%#C2CCD7
Lighter +10%#A3B3C2
Darker −10%#65809A
Darker −20%#51667B
Darker −30%#3D4D5C
Darker −40%#29333E
More saturated +25%#6B99C8
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R132
G153
B174
Red132 (51.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)20.59%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 99 · B AE

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