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Colour

#868EA9

  • #868EA9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#868EA9 is a blue with RGB values 134, 142, 169 and HSL 226°, 17%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#868EA9#868EA9
HEX#868EA9
RGBrgb(134, 142, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.5569, 0.6627
RGB percentages52.5%, 55.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(226.3, 16.9%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.3, 20.7%, 66.3%)
CMYK20.7%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,818,345
CSS custom property--colour: #868EA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#797156

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8690AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#848DA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7E9397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.4Slate grey · ΔE 9.4Gray · ΔE 16.5Dark grey · ΔE 18.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9A186
Analogous#86A0A9, #8F86A9
Triadic#A9868E, #8EA986
Split complementary#A99086, #A0A986
Tetradic#A986A0, #A9A186, #86A990

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFDFE
Lighter +30%#DFE2E9
Lighter +20%#C2C6D3
Lighter +10%#A4AABE
Darker −10%#697293
Darker −20%#545B75
Darker −30%#3E4458
Darker −40%#292D3A
More saturated +25%#6C80C3
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R134
G142
B169
Red134 (52.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue226.29°
Saturation (HSL)16.91%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 8E · B A9

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