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Recognised as Colour

#8B9FB1

  • #8B9FB1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8B9FB1 is a blue with RGB values 139, 159, 177 and HSL 208°, 20%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8B9FB1#8B9FB1
HEX#8B9FB1
RGBrgb(139, 159, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6235, 0.6941
RGB percentages54.5%, 62.4%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(208.4, 19.6%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.4, 21.5%, 69.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,150,385
CSS custom property--colour: #8B9FB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3346WCAG 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 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#74604E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989FB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#939BB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#81A3A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.7Slate grey · ΔE 11.8Dark grey · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Gray · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B19D8B
Analogous#8BB1B0, #8B8CB1
Triadic#B18B9F, #9FB18B
Split complementary#B18B8C, #B1B08B
Tetradic#B08BB1, #B19D8B, #8CB18B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6EBEF
Lighter +20%#C8D1DA
Lighter +10%#A9B8C6
Darker −10%#6D869C
Darker −20%#566C80
Darker −30%#425261
Darker −40%#2D3943
More saturated +25%#73A0C9
Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R139
G159
B177
Red139 (54.5%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue208.42°
Saturation (HSL)19.59%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G 9F · B B1

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