Recognised as Colour

#8A8BEE

#8A8BEE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#8A8BEE is a blue with RGB values 138, 139, 238 and HSL 239°, 75%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#8A8BEE

RGBrgb(138, 139, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5451, 0.9333

RGB percentages54.1%, 54.5%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(239.4, 74.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(239.4, 42%, 93.3%)

CMYK42%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,079,790

CSS custom property--colour: #8A8BEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#757411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6799F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6192ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#6B9FB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.5 Royal blue · ΔE 20.7 Slate blue · ΔE 21.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEED8A

Analogous#8ABDEE, #BB8AEE

Triadic#EE8A8B, #8BEE8A

Split complementary#EEBB8A, #BDEE8A

Tetradic#EE8ABD, #EEED8A, #8AEEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E3E3FB

Lighter +10%#B7B7F4

Darker −10%#5D5FE8

Darker −20%#3133E1

Darker −30%#1C1EC3

Darker −40%#161796

More saturated +25%#797BFF

Less saturated −25%#9B9BDD

Channel breakdown

R138

G139

B238

Red138 (54.1%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue239.4°

Saturation (HSL)74.63%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 8B · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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