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Recognised as Colour

#8D8BE6

  • #8D8BE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8D8BE6 is a blue with RGB values 141, 139, 230 and HSL 241°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8D8BE6#8D8BE6
HEX#8D8BE6
RGBrgb(141, 139, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.5451, 0.902
RGB percentages55.3%, 54.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(241.3, 64.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.3, 39.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK38.7%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,276,390
CSS custom property--colour: #8D8BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#727419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C98EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6892E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#749DADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.6Medium purple · ΔE 16.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.6Royal blue · ΔE 24Slate blue · ΔE 24.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4E68B
Analogous#8BB6E6, #BB8BE6
Triadic#E68D8B, #8BE68D
Split complementary#E6BB8B, #B6E68B
Tetradic#E68BB6, #E4E68B, #8BE6BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFDFF8
Lighter +10%#B6B5EF
Darker −10%#6461DD
Darker −20%#3B37D4
Darker −30%#2926B2
Darker −40%#201D88
More saturated +25%#7C79F8
Less saturated −25%#9E9DD4

Channel breakdown

R141
G139
B230
Red141 (55.3%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue241.32°
Saturation (HSL)64.54%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 8B · B E6

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