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Recognised as Colour

#8792AA

  • #8792AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8792AA is a blue with RGB values 135, 146, 170 and HSL 221°, 17%, 60%. 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

#8792AA#8792AA
HEX#8792AA
RGBrgb(135, 146, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.5725, 0.6667
RGB percentages52.9%, 57.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(221.1, 17.1%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 20.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK20.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,884,906
CSS custom property--colour: #8792AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#786D55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B93ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8890A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7E979Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.4Slate grey · ΔE 9Gray · ΔE 15.6Dark grey · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA9F87
Analogous#87A4AA, #8D87AA
Triadic#AA8792, #92AA87
Split complementary#AA8E87, #A3AA87
Tetradic#AA87A4, #AA9F87, #87AA8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFF
Lighter +30%#E1E3E9
Lighter +20%#C3C8D4
Lighter +10%#A5ADBF
Darker −10%#697795
Darker −20%#545F77
Darker −30%#3F4759
Darker −40%#2A2F3B
More saturated +25%#6D88C4
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R135
G146
B170
Red135 (52.9%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue221.14°
Saturation (HSL)17.07%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 92 · B AA

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