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Recognised as Colour

#899AAE

  • #899AAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#899AAE is a blue with RGB values 137, 154, 174 and HSL 212°, 19%, 61%. 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

#899AAE#899AAE
HEX#899AAE
RGBrgb(137, 154, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6039, 0.6824
RGB percentages53.7%, 60.4%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(212.4, 18.6%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.4, 21.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,018,030
CSS custom property--colour: #899AAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#766551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939AAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F97AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7F9EA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.2Slate grey · ΔE 10.3Dark grey · ΔE 14Gray · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE9D89
Analogous#89ACAE, #8B89AE
Triadic#AE899A, #9AAE89
Split complementary#AE8B89, #ADAE89
Tetradic#AE89AC, #AE9D89, #89AE8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E8EC
Lighter +20%#C5CED8
Lighter +10%#A7B4C3
Darker −10%#6B8099
Darker −20%#55677C
Darker −30%#404E5E
Darker −40%#2C353F
More saturated +25%#7098C7
Less saturated −25%#9C9C9C

Channel breakdown

R137
G154
B174
Red137 (53.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue212.43°
Saturation (HSL)18.59%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 9A · B AE

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