Colour

#8C95AA

#8C95AA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#8C95AA is a blue with RGB values 140, 149, 170 and HSL 222°, 15%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8C95AA#8C95AA

HEX#8C95AA

RGBrgb(140, 149, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.5843, 0.6667

RGB percentages54.9%, 58.4%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(222, 15%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222, 17.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK17.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,213,354

CSS custom property--colour: #8C95AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#736A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F96ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C94A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#85999Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.8 Slate grey · ΔE 9.6 Dark grey · ΔE 14.3 Gray · ΔE 14.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3 Silver · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AAA18C

Analogous#8CA4AA, #928CAA

Triadic#AA8C95, #95AA8C

Split complementary#AA928C, #A4AA8C

Tetradic#AA8CA4, #AAA18C, #8CAA92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4E6EB

Lighter +20%#C7CBD5

Lighter +10%#A9B0C0

Darker −10%#6F7A94

Darker −20%#586278

Darker −30%#434A5A

Darker −40%#2D323D

More saturated +25%#738BC3

Less saturated −25%#9B9B9B

Channel breakdown

R140

G149

B170

Red140 (54.9%)

Green149 (58.4%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue222°

Saturation (HSL)15%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8C · G 95 · B AA

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