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Recognised as Colour

#9196BD

  • #9196BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9196BD is a blue with RGB values 145, 150, 189 and HSL 233°, 25%, 65%. 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

#9196BD#9196BD
HEX#9196BD
RGBrgb(145, 150, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.5882, 0.7412
RGB percentages56.9%, 58.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(233.2, 25%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.2, 23.3%, 74.1%)
CMYK23.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,541,309
CSS custom property--colour: #9196BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31507WCAG 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 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#6E6942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B9ABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8997BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#879DA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Thistle · ΔE 21.7Dark grey · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDB891
Analogous#91ACBD, #A291BD
Triadic#BD9196, #96BD91
Split complementary#BDA291, #ACBD91
Tetradic#BD91AC, #BDB891, #91BDA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F1F6
Lighter +20%#D1D3E3
Lighter +10%#B1B4D0
Darker −10%#7178AA
Darker −20%#575E91
Darker −30%#444971
Darker −40%#313451
More saturated +25%#7B85D3
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R145
G150
B189
Red145 (56.9%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue233.18°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 96 · B BD

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