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Recognised as Colour

#8B91AE

  • #8B91AE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8B91AE is a blue with RGB values 139, 145, 174 and HSL 230°, 18%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8B91AE#8B91AE
HEX#8B91AE
RGBrgb(139, 145, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5686, 0.6824
RGB percentages54.5%, 56.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(229.7, 17.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.7, 20.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK20.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,146,798
CSS custom property--colour: #8B91AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#746E51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8994AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8791ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#83969Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.3Slate grey · ΔE 11.3Gray · ΔE 17.9Dark grey · ΔE 18.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEA88B
Analogous#8BA3AE, #968BAE
Triadic#AE8B91, #91AE8B
Split complementary#AE978B, #A3AE8B
Tetradic#AE8BA3, #AEA88B, #8BAE97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E6ED
Lighter +20%#C7CAD8
Lighter +10%#A9ADC3
Darker −10%#6D7599
Darker −20%#575D7C
Darker −30%#42475E
Darker −40%#2D3040
More saturated +25%#7281C7
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R139
G145
B174
Red139 (54.5%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue229.71°
Saturation (HSL)17.77%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 91 · B AE

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