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Recognised as Colour

#8A97BF

  • #8A97BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8A97BF is a blue with RGB values 138, 151, 191 and HSL 225°, 29%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8A97BF#8A97BF
HEX#8A97BF
RGBrgb(138, 151, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5922, 0.749
RGB percentages54.1%, 59.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(225.3, 29.3%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.3, 27.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK27.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,082,815
CSS custom property--colour: #8A97BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#756840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B9AC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8796BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7C9FA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.7Slate grey · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Thistle · ΔE 23.3Dark grey · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFB28A
Analogous#8AB2BF, #978ABF
Triadic#BF8A97, #97BF8A
Split complementary#BF978A, #B2BF8A
Tetradic#BF8AB2, #BFB28A, #8ABF97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDEFF5
Lighter +20%#CCD2E3
Lighter +10%#ABB4D1
Darker −10%#697AAD
Darker −20%#506193
Darker −30%#3E4B72
Darker −40%#2C3551
More saturated +25%#738BD6
Less saturated −25%#A1A3A8

Channel breakdown

R138
G151
B191
Red138 (54.1%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue225.28°
Saturation (HSL)29.28%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 97 · B BF

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