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Recognised as Colour

#849BDA

  • #849BDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#849BDA is a blue with RGB values 132, 155, 218 and HSL 224°, 54%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#849BDA#849BDA
HEX#849BDA
RGBrgb(132, 155, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.6078, 0.8549
RGB percentages51.8%, 60.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(224, 53.7%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 39.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK39.4%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,690,650
CSS custom property--colour: #849BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#7B6425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86A0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E99D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#68A8B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 24.7Light steelblue · ΔE 25.5Light slate grey · ΔE 26.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAC384
Analogous#84C6DA, #9884DA
Triadic#DA849B, #9BDA84
Split complementary#DA9884, #C6DA84
Tetradic#DA84C6, #DAC384, #84DA98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFD
Lighter +20%#D2DBF2
Lighter +10%#ABBBE6
Darker −10%#5D7BCE
Darker −20%#395DBF
Darker −30%#2E4A97
Darker −40%#223770
More saturated +25%#7092EE
Less saturated −25%#98A4C6

Channel breakdown

R132
G155
B218
Red132 (51.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue223.95°
Saturation (HSL)53.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 84 · G 9B · B DA

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