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Recognised as Colour

#8CA2B4

  • #8CA2B4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8CA2B4 is a blue with RGB values 140, 162, 180 and HSL 207°, 21%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8CA2B4#8CA2B4
HEX#8CA2B4
RGBrgb(140, 162, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.6353, 0.7059
RGB percentages54.9%, 63.5%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(207, 21.1%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207, 22.2%, 70.6%)
CMYK22.2%, 10%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,216,692
CSS custom property--colour: #8CA2B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#735D4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA2B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#969DB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#81A6A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.7Slate grey · ΔE 12.8Dark grey · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.2Gray · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B49E8C
Analogous#8CB4B2, #8C8EB4
Triadic#B48CA2, #A2B48C
Split complementary#B48C8E, #B4B28C
Tetradic#B28CB4, #B49E8C, #8EB48C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9EDF0
Lighter +20%#CAD4DC
Lighter +10%#ABBBC8
Darker −10%#6D89A0
Darker −20%#566F84
Darker −30%#425565
Darker −40%#2E3B46
More saturated +25%#74A4CC
Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R140
G162
B180
Red140 (54.9%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue207°
Saturation (HSL)21.05%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G A2 · B B4

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