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Recognised as Colour

#849BA8

  • #849BA8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#849BA8 is a blue with RGB values 132, 155, 168 and HSL 202°, 17%, 59%. 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

#849BA8#849BA8
HEX#849BA8
RGBrgb(132, 155, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6078, 0.6588
RGB percentages51.8%, 60.8%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(201.7, 17.1%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.7, 21.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK21.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,690,600
CSS custom property--colour: #849BA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.24:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#7B6457

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959AA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9096A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7A9F9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.5Slate grey · ΔE 10.3Dark grey · ΔE 12.6Gray · ΔE 14.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A89184
Analogous#84A8A3, #8489A8
Triadic#A8849B, #9BA884
Split complementary#A88489, #A8A384
Tetradic#A384A8, #A89184, #89A884

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFCFD
Lighter +30%#DEE4E7
Lighter +20%#C0CCD2
Lighter +10%#A2B3BD
Darker −10%#678292
Darker −20%#526874
Darker −30%#3D4D56
Darker −40%#283238
More saturated +25%#6AA2C2
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R132
G155
B168
Red132 (51.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue201.67°
Saturation (HSL)17.14%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 9B · B A8

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