Colour

#8A7BBB

#8A7BBB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8A7BBB is a blue with RGB values 138, 123, 187 and HSL 254°, 32%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8A7BBB#8A7BBB

HEX#8A7BBB

RGBrgb(138, 123, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4824, 0.7333

RGB percentages54.1%, 48.2%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(254.1, 32%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 34.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK26.2%, 34.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,075,643

CSS custom property--colour: #8A7BBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.63:1

Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#758444

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A85BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C83B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#808692no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6 Steel blue · ΔE 24 Plum · ΔE 24.2 Medium purple · ΔE 25.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 21.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACBB7B

Analogous#7B8CBB, #AA7BBB

Triadic#BB8A7B, #7BBB8A

Split complementary#BBAA7B, #8CBB7B

Tetradic#BB7B8C, #ACBB7B, #7BBBAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4E0EF

Lighter +20%#C6BEDE

Lighter +10%#A89DCC

Darker −10%#6C59AA

Darker −20%#564789

Darker −30%#413568

Darker −40%#2C2446

More saturated +25%#7D62D4

Less saturated −25%#9794A2

Channel breakdown

R138

G123

B187

Red138 (54.1%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue254.06°

Saturation (HSL)32%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 7B · B BB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#8A7BBB

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else