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Recognised as Colour

#8C94AA

  • #8C94AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8C94AA is a blue with RGB values 140, 148, 170 and HSL 224°, 15%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8C94AA#8C94AA
HEX#8C94AA
RGBrgb(140, 148, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5804, 0.6667
RGB percentages54.9%, 58%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(224, 15%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 17.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK17.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,213,098
CSS custom property--colour: #8C94AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#736B55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E95ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B93A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#85989Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.9Slate grey · ΔE 9.6Gray · ΔE 14.8Dark grey · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.6Silver · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAA28C
Analogous#8CA3AA, #938CAA
Triadic#AA8C94, #94AA8C
Split complementary#AA938C, #A3AA8C
Tetradic#AA8CA3, #AAA28C, #8CAA93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E6EB
Lighter +20%#C7CBD5
Lighter +10%#A9AFC0
Darker −10%#6F7994
Darker −20%#586178
Darker −30%#43495A
Darker −40%#2D313D
More saturated +25%#7388C3
Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R140
G148
B170
Red140 (54.9%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue224°
Saturation (HSL)15%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 94 · B AA

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