Colour

#8A98DC

#8A98DC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8A98DC is a blue with RGB values 138, 152, 220 and HSL 230°, 54%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8A98DC#8A98DC

HEX#8A98DC

RGBrgb(138, 152, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.5961, 0.8627

RGB percentages54.1%, 59.6%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(229.8, 53.9%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.8, 37.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK37.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,083,100

CSS custom property--colour: #8A98DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#756723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#829FDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C99DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#72A5B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.5 Steel blue · ΔE 19.9 Plum · ΔE 27 Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 28.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCCE8A

Analogous#8AC1DC, #A58ADC

Triadic#DC8A98, #98DC8A

Split complementary#DCA58A, #C1DC8A

Tetradic#DC8AC1, #DCCE8A, #8ADCA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#D9DDF3

Lighter +10%#B1BBE8

Darker −10%#6375D0

Darker −20%#3B53C5

Darker −30%#2F429E

Darker −40%#233277

More saturated +25%#778BEF

Less saturated −25%#9DA5C9

Channel breakdown

R138

G152

B220

Red138 (54.1%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue229.76°

Saturation (HSL)53.95%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8A · G 98 · B DC

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