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Recognised as Colour

#8A9AE9

  • #8A9AE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8A9AE9 is a blue with RGB values 138, 154, 233 and HSL 230°, 68%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8A9AE9#8A9AE9
HEX#8A9AE9
RGBrgb(138, 154, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.6039, 0.9137
RGB percentages54.1%, 60.4%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(229.9, 68.3%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.9, 40.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK40.8%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,083,625
CSS custom property--colour: #8A9AE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#756516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FA3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#779BE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6CAAB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 24Medium purple · ΔE 26.5Plum · ΔE 28.3Light skyblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D98A
Analogous#8ACAE9, #A98AE9
Triadic#E98A9A, #9AE98A
Split complementary#E9A98A, #C9E98A
Tetradic#E98ACA, #E9D98A, #8AE9A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E4F9
Lighter +10%#B5BFF1
Darker −10%#5F75E1
Darker −20%#3450D9
Darker −30%#233CB7
Darker −40%#1A2E8D
More saturated +25%#798EFA
Less saturated −25%#9BA6D8

Channel breakdown

R138
G154
B233
Red138 (54.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue229.89°
Saturation (HSL)68.35%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 9A · B E9

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