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Recognised as Colour

#8891CF

  • #8891CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8891CF is a blue with RGB values 136, 145, 207 and HSL 232°, 43%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8891CF#8891CF
HEX#8891CF
RGBrgb(136, 145, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.5686, 0.8118
RGB percentages53.3%, 56.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(232.4, 42.5%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.4, 34.3%, 81.2%)
CMYK34.3%, 30%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,950,223
CSS custom property--colour: #8891CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#776E30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E98D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7992CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#749DA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.1Light slate grey · ΔE 26.4Plum · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5Slate grey · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFC688
Analogous#88B5CF, #A388CF
Triadic#CF8891, #91CF88
Split complementary#CFA388, #B5CF88
Tetradic#CF88B5, #CFC688, #88CFA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F6FB
Lighter +20%#D1D4EC
Lighter +10%#ACB3DE
Darker −10%#646FC0
Darker −20%#4552AC
Darker −30%#374187
Darker −40%#282F63
More saturated +25%#7381E4
Less saturated −25%#9DA1BA

Channel breakdown

R136
G145
B207
Red136 (53.3%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue232.39°
Saturation (HSL)42.51%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 91 · B CF

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