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Recognised as Colour

#69819F

  • #69819F
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#69819F is a blue with RGB values 105, 129, 159 and HSL 213°, 22%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#69819F#69819F
HEX#69819F
RGBrgb(105, 129, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.5059, 0.6235
RGB percentages41.2%, 50.6%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(213.3, 22%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.3, 34%, 62.4%)
CMYK34%, 18.9%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,914,463
CSS custom property--colour: #69819F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#967E60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7682A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#707D9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#58888Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3Slate grey · ΔE 8.3Steel blue · ΔE 13.7Gray · ΔE 18.9Dim grey · ΔE 20.8Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F8769
Analogous#699C9F, #6C699F
Triadic#9F6981, #819F69
Split complementary#9F6C69, #9C9F69
Tetradic#9F699C, #9F8769, #699F6C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5E9EF
Lighter +30%#C6CFDB
Lighter +20%#A7B5C7
Lighter +10%#889BB3
Darker −10%#536882
Darker −20%#3F4F63
Darker −30%#2B3644
Darker −40%#171D25
More saturated +25%#4A7EBE
Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R105
G129
B159
Red105 (41.2%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue213.33°
Saturation (HSL)21.95%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 69 · G 81 · B 9F

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