Dusty blue color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around dusty blue. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

A soft, hazy blue with the chroma pulled down. It sits between slate and powder blue, and it is the blue most often asked for by wedding stationers.

Dusty blue hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#8299AE
HEX
#8299AE
RGB
rgb(130, 153, 174)
HSL
hsl(209, 21%, 60%)
OKLCH
oklch(67.2% 0.041 246.0)
On white
2.95:1
On black
7.12:1

Shades of dusty blue

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Dusty blue on white measures 2.95:1 and on black 7.12:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.27:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:blue, navy, royal blue, cobalt, periwinkle, transparent blue. See every shade on the colors index.