Recognised as Colour

#8A8E9D

#8A8E9D
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#8A8E9D is a blue with RGB values 138, 142, 157 and HSL 227°, 9%, 58%. 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

#8A8E9D#8A8E9D

HEX#8A8E9D

RGBrgb(138, 142, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5569, 0.6157

RGB percentages54.1%, 55.7%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(227.4, 8.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 12.1%, 61.6%)

CMYK12.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,080,477

CSS custom property--colour: #8A8E9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.6 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#757162

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A8F9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#898E9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#869193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 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 5.7 Slate grey · ΔE 7.7 Gray · ΔE 10.2 Dark grey · ΔE 13.3 Dim grey · ΔE 17.1 Silver · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9D998A

Analogous#8A979D, #8F8A9D

Triadic#9D8A8E, #8E9D8A

Split complementary#9D8F8A, #979D8A

Tetradic#9D8A98, #9D998A, #8A9D8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F9FA

Lighter +30%#DDDEE3

Lighter +20%#C2C4CB

Lighter +10%#A6A9B4

Darker −10%#6F7485

Darker −20%#585C69

Darker −30%#41434D

Darker −40%#292B32

More saturated +25%#6F7EB8

Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R138

G142

B157

Red138 (54.1%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue227.37°

Saturation (HSL)8.84%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 8E · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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