Colour

#908AA9

#908AA9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#908AA9 is a blue with RGB values 144, 138, 169 and HSL 252°, 15%, 60%. 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

#908AA9#908AA9

HEX#908AA9

RGBrgb(144, 138, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.5412, 0.6627

RGB percentages56.5%, 54.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(251.6, 15.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.6, 18.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK14.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,472,681

CSS custom property--colour: #908AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1

Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#6F7556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#838EAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#848DA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8B8F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.1 Slate grey · ΔE 13.4 Gray · ΔE 18.6 Dark grey · ΔE 20.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9 Steel blue · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3A98A

Analogous#8A93A9, #A08AA9

Triadic#A9908A, #8AA990

Split complementary#A9A08A, #93A98A

Tetradic#A98A93, #A3A98A, #8AA9A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4E2EA

Lighter +20%#C8C5D4

Lighter +10%#ACA7BF

Darker −10%#746D93

Darker −20%#5D5776

Darker −30%#464159

Darker −40%#2F2C3B

More saturated +25%#8071C2

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R144

G138

B169

Red144 (56.5%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue251.61°

Saturation (HSL)15.27%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 8A · B A9

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