Recognised as Colour

#868C9D

#868C9D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#868C9D is a blue with RGB values 134, 140, 157 and HSL 224°, 11%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#868C9D#868C9D

HEX#868C9D

RGBrgb(134, 140, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.549, 0.6157

RGB percentages52.5%, 54.9%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(224.3, 10.5%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 14.6%, 61.6%)

CMYK14.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,817,821

CSS custom property--colour: #868C9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.25:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#797362

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#878D9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#858B9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#818F91no 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 text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 4.6 Slate grey · ΔE 6.6 Gray · ΔE 10.9 Dark grey · ΔE 14.7 Dim grey · ΔE 17 Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 4.58, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9D9786

Analogous#86979D, #8B869D

Triadic#9D868C, #8C9D86

Split complementary#9D8B86, #979D86

Tetradic#9D8697, #9D9786, #869D8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7F7F8

Lighter +30%#DBDCE1

Lighter +20%#BEC2CB

Lighter +10%#A2A7B4

Darker −10%#6B7285

Darker −20%#555A68

Darker −30%#3E424C

Darker −40%#272930

More saturated +25%#6B7FB8

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R134

G140

B157

Red134 (52.5%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue224.35°

Saturation (HSL)10.5%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 86 · G 8C · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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