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Recognised as Colour

#869FB8

  • #869FB8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#869FB8 is a blue with RGB values 134, 159, 184 and HSL 210°, 26%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#869FB8#869FB8
HEX#869FB8
RGBrgb(134, 159, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.6235, 0.7216
RGB percentages52.5%, 62.4%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(210, 26%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 27.2%, 72.2%)
CMYK27.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,822,712
CSS custom property--colour: #869FB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#796047

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969FB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9AB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#78A5A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.7Slate grey · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 16.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19Gray · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B89F86
Analogous#86B8B8, #8686B8
Triadic#B8869F, #9FB886
Split complementary#B88686, #B8B886
Tetradic#B886B8, #B89F86, #86B886

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6EBF1
Lighter +20%#C6D2DE
Lighter +10%#A6B8CB
Darker −10%#6686A5
Darker −20%#506C88
Darker −30%#3D5268
Darker −40%#2A3948
More saturated +25%#6E9FD0
Less saturated −25%#9E9FA0

Channel breakdown

R134
G159
B184
Red134 (52.5%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)26.04%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 9F · B B8

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