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Recognised as Colour

#8BA3B7

  • #8BA3B7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8BA3B7 is a blue with RGB values 139, 163, 183 and HSL 207°, 23%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8BA3B7#8BA3B7
HEX#8BA3B7
RGBrgb(139, 163, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.6392, 0.7176
RGB percentages54.5%, 63.9%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(207.3, 23.4%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.3, 24%, 71.8%)
CMYK24%, 10.9%, 0%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,151,415
CSS custom property--colour: #8BA3B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#745C48

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA3B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#959EB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7FA8A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Slate grey · ΔE 13.3Dark grey · ΔE 14Cadetblue · ΔE 17.5Silver · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B79F8B
Analogous#8BB7B5, #8B8DB7
Triadic#B78BA3, #A3B78B
Split complementary#B78B8D, #B7B58B
Tetradic#B58BB7, #B79F8B, #8DB78B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9EEF2
Lighter +20%#CAD5DE
Lighter +10%#AABCCB
Darker −10%#6C8AA3
Darker −20%#547088
Darker −30%#415668
Darker −40%#2D3C49
More saturated +25%#73A5CF
Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R139
G163
B183
Red139 (54.5%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue207.27°
Saturation (HSL)23.4%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8B · G A3 · B B7

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