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Recognised as Colour

#8E9BBF

  • #8E9BBF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8E9BBF is a blue with RGB values 142, 155, 191 and HSL 224°, 28%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8E9BBF#8E9BBF
HEX#8E9BBF
RGBrgb(142, 155, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.6078, 0.749
RGB percentages55.7%, 60.8%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(224.1, 27.7%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 25.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK25.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,345,983
CSS custom property--colour: #8E9BBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#716440

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909EC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C9ABEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#81A2A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5Slate grey · ΔE 15.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Dark grey · ΔE 21Thistle · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFB28E
Analogous#8EB4BF, #9A8EBF
Triadic#BF8E9B, #9BBF8E
Split complementary#BF9A8E, #B4BF8E
Tetradic#BF8EB4, #BFB28E, #8EBF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F1F6
Lighter +20%#CFD5E4
Lighter +10%#AFB8D1
Darker −10%#6D7EAD
Darker −20%#546493
Darker −30%#414E73
Darker −40%#2F3852
More saturated +25%#7891D5
Less saturated −25%#A4A5A9

Channel breakdown

R142
G155
B191
Red142 (55.7%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue224.08°
Saturation (HSL)27.68%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 9B · B BF

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