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Recognised as Colour

#8B84AD

  • #8B84AD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8B84AD is a blue with RGB values 139, 132, 173 and HSL 250°, 20%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8B84AD#8B84AD
HEX#8B84AD
RGBrgb(139, 132, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5176, 0.6784
RGB percentages54.5%, 51.8%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(250.2, 20%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.2, 23.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK19.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,143,469
CSS custom property--colour: #8B84AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#747B52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B8AAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B88ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#848B92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7Slate grey · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 19.8Gray · ΔE 23.9Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4Thistle · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6AD84
Analogous#8492AD, #A084AD
Triadic#AD8B84, #84AD8B
Split complementary#ADA084, #92AD84
Tetradic#AD8492, #A6AD84, #84ADA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFF
Lighter +30%#E2E0EA
Lighter +20%#C5C1D6
Lighter +10%#A8A3C1
Darker −10%#6E6698
Darker −20%#58517A
Darker −30%#423D5B
Darker −40%#2C283D
More saturated +25%#7A6AC7
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R139
G132
B173
Red139 (54.5%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue250.24°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 84 · B AD

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