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Recognised as Colour

#8A8CAE

  • #8A8CAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8A8CAE is a blue with RGB values 138, 140, 174 and HSL 237°, 18%, 61%. 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

#8A8CAE#8A8CAE
HEX#8A8CAE
RGBrgb(138, 140, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.549, 0.6824
RGB percentages54.1%, 54.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(236.7, 18.2%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.7, 20.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK20.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,079,982
CSS custom property--colour: #8A8CAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#757351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8390B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#828DADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#829297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 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 text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.8Slate grey · ΔE 13.2Steel blue · ΔE 19Gray · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1Dark grey · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEAC8A
Analogous#8A9EAE, #9A8AAE
Triadic#AE8A8C, #8CAE8A
Split complementary#AE9A8A, #9EAE8A
Tetradic#AE8A9E, #AEAC8A, #8AAE9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E5ED
Lighter +20%#C6C7D8
Lighter +10%#A8AAC3
Darker −10%#6C6E99
Darker −20%#56587C
Darker −30%#41435E
Darker −40%#2C2D40
More saturated +25%#7176C7
Less saturated −25%#9C9C9C

Channel breakdown

R138
G140
B174
Red138 (54.1%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue236.67°
Saturation (HSL)18.18%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 8C · B AE

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