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Recognised as Colour

#8898BC

  • #8898BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8898BC is a blue with RGB values 136, 152, 188 and HSL 222°, 28%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8898BC#8898BC
HEX#8898BC
RGBrgb(136, 152, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.5961, 0.7373
RGB percentages53.3%, 59.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(221.5, 28%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 27.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK27.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,951,996
CSS custom property--colour: #8898BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#776743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D9ABEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8896BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7A9FA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Slate grey · ΔE 14.8Steel blue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17Dark grey · ΔE 21.7Gray · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCAC88
Analogous#88B2BC, #9288BC
Triadic#BC8898, #98BC88
Split complementary#BC9288, #B2BC88
Tetradic#BC88B2, #BCAC88, #88BC92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAEDF3
Lighter +20%#C9D0E1
Lighter +10%#A9B4CE
Darker −10%#677CAA
Darker −20%#50638E
Darker −30%#3E4C6D
Darker −40%#2B364D
More saturated +25%#718FD3
Less saturated −25%#9FA1A5

Channel breakdown

R136
G152
B188
Red136 (53.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)27.96%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 98 · B BC

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