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Recognised as Colour

#8A9BC4

  • #8A9BC4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8A9BC4 is a blue with RGB values 138, 155, 196 and HSL 222°, 33%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8A9BC4#8A9BC4
HEX#8A9BC4
RGBrgb(138, 155, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.6078, 0.7686
RGB percentages54.1%, 60.8%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(222.4, 33%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 29.6%, 76.9%)
CMYK29.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,083,844
CSS custom property--colour: #8A9BC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#75643B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9EC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8999C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#7AA3A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 16.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Slate grey · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 21.9Thistle · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4B38A
Analogous#8AB8C4, #968AC4
Triadic#C48A9B, #9BC48A
Split complementary#C4968A, #B8C48A
Tetradic#C48AB8, #C4B38A, #8AC496

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F2F7
Lighter +20%#CED5E6
Lighter +10%#ACB8D5
Darker −10%#687EB3
Darker −20%#4E649A
Darker −30%#3D4E78
Darker −40%#2C3856
More saturated +25%#7492DA
Less saturated −25%#A0A4AE

Channel breakdown

R138
G155
B196
Red138 (54.1%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue222.41°
Saturation (HSL)32.95%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 9B · B C4

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