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Recognised as Colour

#8C8EA6

  • #8C8EA6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8C8EA6 is a blue with RGB values 140, 142, 166 and HSL 235°, 13%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8C8EA6#8C8EA6
HEX#8C8EA6
RGBrgb(140, 142, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5569, 0.651
RGB percentages54.9%, 55.7%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(235.4, 12.7%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.4, 15.7%, 65.1%)
CMYK15.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,211,558
CSS custom property--colour: #8C8EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#737159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8890A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#878FA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#869296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.8Slate grey · ΔE 9.6Gray · ΔE 14.9Dark grey · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8Dim grey · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6A48C
Analogous#8C9BA6, #978CA6
Triadic#A68C8E, #8EA68C
Split complementary#A6978C, #9BA68C
Tetradic#A68C9B, #A6A48C, #8CA697

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2E3E9
Lighter +20%#C6C6D3
Lighter +10%#A9AABC
Darker −10%#6F7290
Darker −20%#595B73
Darker −30%#434456
Darker −40%#2D2D3A
More saturated +25%#7378C0
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R140
G142
B166
Red140 (54.9%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue235.38°
Saturation (HSL)12.75%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 8E · B A6

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