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Recognised as Colour

#8F8BAE

  • #8F8BAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#8F8BAE is a blue with RGB values 143, 139, 174 and HSL 247°, 18%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#8F8BAE#8F8BAE
HEX#8F8BAE
RGBrgb(143, 139, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.5451, 0.6824
RGB percentages56.1%, 54.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(246.9, 17.8%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.9, 20.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK17.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,407,406
CSS custom property--colour: #8F8BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#707451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838FB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#838EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#899197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.4Slate grey · ΔE 14.7Steel blue · ΔE 20.5Gray · ΔE 20.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Dark grey · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAAE8B
Analogous#8B99AE, #A18BAE
Triadic#AE8F8B, #8BAE8F
Split complementary#AEA18B, #99AE8B
Tetradic#AE8B99, #AAAE8B, #8BAEA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6E5ED
Lighter +20%#C9C7D8
Lighter +10%#ACA9C3
Darker −10%#726D99
Darker −20%#5B577C
Darker −30%#45425E
Darker −40%#2F2D40
More saturated +25%#7C72C7
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R143
G139
B174
Red143 (56.1%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue246.86°
Saturation (HSL)17.77%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 8B · B AE

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