Colour

#868F97

#868F97
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#868F97 is a grey with RGB values 134, 143, 151 and HSL 208°, 8%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#868F97#868F97

HEX#868F97

RGBrgb(134, 143, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.5608, 0.5922

RGB percentages52.5%, 56.1%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(208.2, 7.6%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 11.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK11.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,818,583

CSS custom property--colour: #868F97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1

Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#797068

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C8F97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A8D97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#829191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 6.5 Gray · ΔE 7.7 Slate grey · ΔE 8 Dark grey · ΔE 11.7 Dim grey · ΔE 15.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#978E86

Analogous#869797, #868797

Triadic#97868F, #8F9786

Split complementary#978687, #979786

Tetradic#978697, #978E86, #879786

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F5F5

Lighter +30%#D8DBDE

Lighter +20%#BDC2C6

Lighter +10%#A1A8AF

Darker −10%#6C767E

Darker −20%#555C62

Darker −30%#3D4247

Darker −40%#25292C

More saturated +25%#6A91B3

Less saturated −25%#8F8F8F

Channel breakdown

R134

G143

B151

Red134 (52.5%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue208.24°

Saturation (HSL)7.56%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 86 · G 8F · B 97

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