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Recognised as Colour

#909AAE

  • #909AAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#909AAE is a blue with RGB values 144, 154, 174 and HSL 220°, 16%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#909AAE#909AAE
HEX#909AAE
RGBrgb(144, 154, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6039, 0.6824
RGB percentages56.5%, 60.4%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(220, 15.6%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 17.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK17.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,476,782
CSS custom property--colour: #909AAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#6F6551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#949BAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9198AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#899EA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.1Slate grey · ΔE 11Dark grey · ΔE 13Gray · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Silver · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEA490
Analogous#90A9AE, #9590AE
Triadic#AE909A, #9AAE90
Split complementary#AE9590, #A9AE90
Tetradic#AE90A9, #AEA490, #90AE95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8EAEF
Lighter +20%#CBD0D9
Lighter +10%#ADB5C4
Darker −10%#737F98
Darker −20%#5B667D
Darker −30%#464E5F
Darker −40%#303642
More saturated +25%#7892C6
Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R144
G154
B174
Red144 (56.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)15.63%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 9A · B AE

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