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Recognised as Colour

#8B9ABD

  • #8B9ABD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8B9ABD is a blue with RGB values 139, 154, 189 and HSL 222°, 27%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8B9ABD#8B9ABD
HEX#8B9ABD
RGBrgb(139, 154, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6039, 0.7412
RGB percentages54.5%, 60.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(222, 27.5%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 26.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK26.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,149,117
CSS custom property--colour: #8B9ABD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#746542

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9CBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B98BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7EA1A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Slate grey · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.9Dark grey · ΔE 20.8Thistle · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDAE8B
Analogous#8BB3BD, #958BBD
Triadic#BD8B9A, #9ABD8B
Split complementary#BD958B, #B3BD8B
Tetradic#BD8BB3, #BDAE8B, #8BBD95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDEFF4
Lighter +20%#CCD3E2
Lighter +10%#ACB6CF
Darker −10%#6A7EAB
Darker −20%#526590
Darker −30%#3F4E70
Darker −40%#2D374F
More saturated +25%#7491D4
Less saturated −25%#A2A3A6

Channel breakdown

R139
G154
B189
Red139 (54.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)27.47%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 9A · B BD

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