Colour

#69728C

#69728C
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#69728C is a blue with RGB values 105, 114, 140 and HSL 225°, 14%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#69728C#69728C

HEX#69728C

RGBrgb(105, 114, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.4471, 0.549

RGB percentages41.2%, 44.7%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(224.6, 14.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.6, 25%, 54.9%)

CMYK25%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,910,604

CSS custom property--colour: #69728C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#968D73

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A748Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#67718Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#60777Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 8.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 10.1 Dim grey · ΔE 16 Gray · ΔE 16.5 Steel blue · ΔE 18.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)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#8C8369

Analogous#69848C, #72698C

Triadic#8C6972, #728C69

Split complementary#8C7269, #848C69

Tetradic#8C6984, #8C8369, #698C71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DCDEE5

Lighter +30%#BFC3CF

Lighter +20%#A2A8B9

Lighter +10%#858DA3

Darker −10%#535A6F

Darker −20%#3D4352

Darker −30%#272B35

Darker −40%#121317

More saturated +25%#4A63AB

Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R105

G114

B140

Red105 (41.2%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue224.57°

Saturation (HSL)14.29%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 72 · B 8C

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Colour values

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