Colour

#909BB5

#909BB5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#909BB5 is a blue with RGB values 144, 155, 181 and HSL 222°, 20%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#909BB5#909BB5

HEX#909BB5

RGBrgb(144, 155, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6078, 0.7098

RGB percentages56.5%, 60.8%, 71%

HSLhsl(222.2, 20%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 20.4%, 71%)

CMYK20.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,477,045

CSS custom property--colour: #909BB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#6F644A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#939DB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9099B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#87A0A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.7 Slate grey · ΔE 12.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8 Dark grey · ΔE 15.8 Gray · ΔE 18.1 Silver · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5AA90

Analogous#90AEB5, #9890B5

Triadic#B5909B, #9BB590

Split complementary#B59890, #AEB590

Tetradic#B590AD, #B5AA90, #90B598

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECEEF2

Lighter +20%#CDD2DE

Lighter +10%#AFB7C9

Darker −10%#717FA1

Darker −20%#596686

Darker −30%#454F67

Darker −40%#303849

More saturated +25%#7992CC

Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R144

G155

B181

Red144 (56.5%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue222.16°

Saturation (HSL)20%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 9B · B B5

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Colour values

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