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Recognised as Colour

#8899BD

  • #8899BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8899BD is a blue with RGB values 136, 153, 189 and HSL 221°, 29%, 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

#8899BD#8899BD
HEX#8899BD
RGBrgb(136, 153, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6, 0.7412
RGB percentages53.3%, 60%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(220.8, 28.6%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.8, 28%, 74.1%)
CMYK28%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,253
CSS custom property--colour: #8899BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#776642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9BBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8997BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7AA0A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7Slate grey · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 17Dark grey · ΔE 21.6Light skyblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDAC88
Analogous#88B3BD, #9288BD
Triadic#BD8899, #99BD88
Split complementary#BD9288, #B3BD88
Tetradic#BD88B3, #BDAC88, #88BD92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAEDF4
Lighter +20%#CAD1E1
Lighter +10%#A9B5CF
Darker −10%#677DAB
Darker −20%#50648F
Darker −30%#3D4D6F
Darker −40%#2B364E
More saturated +25%#7191D4
Less saturated −25%#9FA1A6

Channel breakdown

R136
G153
B189
Red136 (53.3%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue220.75°
Saturation (HSL)28.65%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 99 · B BD

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