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Recognised as Colour

#8690B3

  • #8690B3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8690B3 is a blue with RGB values 134, 144, 179 and HSL 227°, 23%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8690B3#8690B3
HEX#8690B3
RGBrgb(134, 144, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.5647, 0.702
RGB percentages52.5%, 56.5%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(226.7, 22.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 25.1%, 70.2%)
CMYK25.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,818,867
CSS custom property--colour: #8690B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.65:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#796F4C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8693B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#828FB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7B979Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.4Slate grey · ΔE 13.2Steel blue · ΔE 17Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Gray · ΔE 21Dark grey · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3A986
Analogous#86A7B3, #9386B3
Triadic#B38690, #90B386
Split complementary#B39386, #A7B386
Tetradic#B386A7, #B3A986, #86B393

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E6EE
Lighter +20%#C5C9DA
Lighter +10%#A5ADC7
Darker −10%#67739F
Darker −20%#515C82
Darker −30%#3E4662
Darker −40%#2A3043
More saturated +25%#6D82CC
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R134
G144
B179
Red134 (52.5%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)22.84%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 90 · B B3

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