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Colour

#8D9AA6

  • #8D9AA6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8D9AA6 is a blue with RGB values 141, 154, 166 and HSL 209°, 12%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8D9AA6#8D9AA6
HEX#8D9AA6
RGBrgb(141, 154, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6039, 0.651
RGB percentages55.3%, 60.4%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(208.8, 12.3%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.8, 15.1%, 65.1%)
CMYK15.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,280,166
CSS custom property--colour: #8D9AA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#726559

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959AA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9297A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#879D9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 7.8Dark grey · ΔE 10.3Slate grey · ΔE 10.5Gray · ΔE 12.4Silver · ΔE 16.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6998D
Analogous#8DA6A5, #8D8EA6
Triadic#A68D9A, #9AA68D
Split complementary#A68D8E, #A6A68D
Tetradic#A58DA6, #A6998D, #8EA68D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3E6E9
Lighter +20%#C6CDD3
Lighter +10%#AAB3BC
Darker −10%#708190
Darker −20%#5A6773
Darker −30%#444D56
Darker −40%#2D343A
More saturated +25%#749BBF
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R141
G154
B166
Red141 (55.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue208.8°
Saturation (HSL)12.32%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 9A · B A6

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