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Recognised as Colour

#908EA2

  • #908EA2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#908EA2 is a blue with RGB values 144, 142, 162 and HSL 246°, 10%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#908EA2#908EA2
HEX#908EA2
RGBrgb(144, 142, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.5569, 0.6353
RGB percentages56.5%, 55.7%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(246, 9.7%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 12.3%, 63.5%)
CMYK11.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,473,698
CSS custom property--colour: #908EA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#6F715D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A90A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A90A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8D9194no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 9.8Gray · ΔE 12.9Dark grey · ΔE 14.8Dim grey · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0A28E
Analogous#8E96A2, #9A8EA2
Triadic#A2908E, #8EA290
Split complementary#A29A8E, #96A28E
Tetradic#A28E96, #A0A28E, #8EA29A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#E2E2E7
Lighter +20%#C7C6D0
Lighter +10%#ABAAB9
Darker −10%#75728B
Darker −20%#5D5B6F
Darker −30%#464453
Darker −40%#2E2D37
More saturated +25%#7B74BC
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R144
G142
B162
Red144 (56.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)9.71%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 8E · B A2

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