Colour

#9099A3

#9099A3
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#9099A3 is a blue with RGB values 144, 153, 163 and HSL 212°, 9%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#9099A3

RGBrgb(144, 153, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6, 0.6392

RGB percentages56.5%, 60%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(211.6, 9.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(211.6, 11.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK11.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,476,515

CSS custom property--colour: #9099A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#6F665C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9599A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9397A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#8C9B9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.5 Dark grey · ΔE 9.1 Slate grey · ΔE 10.9 Gray · ΔE 11.2 Silver · ΔE 16.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A39A90

Analogous#90A3A3, #9190A3

Triadic#A39099, #99A390

Split complementary#A39190, #A3A390

Tetradic#A390A3, #A39A90, #90A391

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4E6E8

Lighter +20%#C8CCD1

Lighter +10%#ACB3BA

Darker −10%#747F8C

Darker −20%#5D6670

Darker −30%#464D54

Darker −40%#2F3338

More saturated +25%#7798BC

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R144

G153

B163

Red144 (56.5%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue211.58°

Saturation (HSL)9.36%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 99 · B A3

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Colour values

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