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Recognised as Colour

#8797BE

  • #8797BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8797BE is a blue with RGB values 135, 151, 190 and HSL 223°, 30%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8797BE#8797BE
HEX#8797BE
RGBrgb(135, 151, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.5922, 0.7451
RGB percentages52.9%, 59.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(222.5, 29.7%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 28.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK28.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,886,206
CSS custom property--colour: #8797BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#786841

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B9AC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8695BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#789FA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14Slate grey · ΔE 16Steel blue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 23.2Dark grey · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEAE87
Analogous#87B3BE, #9287BE
Triadic#BE8797, #97BE87
Split complementary#BE9287, #B3BE87
Tetradic#BE87B3, #BEAE87, #87BE92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAEDF4
Lighter +20%#C9D0E2
Lighter +10%#A8B4D0
Darker −10%#667AAC
Darker −20%#4E6291
Darker −30%#3C4B70
Darker −40%#2B354E
More saturated +25%#708DD5
Less saturated −25%#9EA1A7

Channel breakdown

R135
G151
B190
Red135 (52.9%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue222.55°
Saturation (HSL)29.73%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 97 · B BE

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