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Recognised as Colour

#8A8BA5

  • #8A8BA5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8A8BA5 is a blue with RGB values 138, 139, 165 and HSL 238°, 13%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8A8BA5#8A8BA5
HEX#8A8BA5
RGBrgb(138, 139, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5451, 0.6471
RGB percentages54.1%, 54.5%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(237.8, 13%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.8, 16.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK16.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,079,717
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8BA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#75745A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858EA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#848CA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#848F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3Slate grey · ΔE 9.8Gray · ΔE 15.6Dark grey · ΔE 18.2Dim grey · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5A48A
Analogous#8A98A5, #978AA5
Triadic#A58A8B, #8BA58A
Split complementary#A5978A, #98A58A
Tetradic#A58A98, #A5A48A, #8AA597

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFDFE
Lighter +30%#E0E1E8
Lighter +20%#C4C4D1
Lighter +10%#A7A8BB
Darker −10%#6E6F8E
Darker −20%#575872
Darker −30%#414255
Darker −40%#2B2C38
More saturated +25%#7073BF
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R138
G139
B165
Red138 (54.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue237.78°
Saturation (HSL)13.04%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 8B · B A5

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