Recognised as Colour

#898E9F

#898E9F
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#898E9F is a blue with RGB values 137, 142, 159 and HSL 226°, 10%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#898E9F#898E9F

HEX#898E9F

RGBrgb(137, 142, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.5569, 0.6235

RGB percentages53.7%, 55.7%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(226.4, 10.3%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 13.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK13.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,014,943

CSS custom property--colour: #898E9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1

Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#767160

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#898FA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#888D9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#849193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.4 Slate grey · ΔE 7.5 Gray · ΔE 11.2 Dark grey · ΔE 14.1 Dim grey · ΔE 17.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9F9A89

Analogous#89999F, #8F899F

Triadic#9F898E, #8E9F89

Split complementary#9F8F89, #999F89

Tetradic#9F8999, #9F9A89, #899F8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9FAFB

Lighter +30%#DDDFE4

Lighter +20%#C1C4CD

Lighter +10%#A5A9B6

Darker −10%#6E7487

Darker −20%#575C6B

Darker −30%#40434F

Darker −40%#292B33

More saturated +25%#6E7FBA

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R137

G142

B159

Red137 (53.7%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue226.36°

Saturation (HSL)10.28%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 89 · G 8E · B 9F

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