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Recognised as Colour

#8D9DAB

  • #8D9DAB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8D9DAB is a blue with RGB values 141, 157, 171 and HSL 208°, 15%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8D9DAB#8D9DAB
HEX#8D9DAB
RGBrgb(141, 157, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.6157, 0.6706
RGB percentages55.3%, 61.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(208, 15.2%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 17.5%, 67.1%)
CMYK17.5%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,280,939
CSS custom property--colour: #8D9DAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#726254

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989DACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9499ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#85A0A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.2Dark grey · ΔE 10.9Slate grey · ΔE 11.2Gray · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Silver · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB9B8D
Analogous#8DABAA, #8D8EAB
Triadic#AB8D9D, #9DAB8D
Split complementary#AB8D8E, #ABAA8D
Tetradic#AA8DAB, #AB9B8D, #8EAB8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E9EC
Lighter +20%#C8CFD6
Lighter +10%#AAB6C1
Darker −10%#708495
Darker −20%#596A79
Darker −30%#43505C
Darker −40%#2E373E
More saturated +25%#749FC4
Less saturated −25%#9C9C9C

Channel breakdown

R141
G157
B171
Red141 (55.3%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue208°
Saturation (HSL)15.15%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 9D · B AB

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