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Recognised as Colour

#9291BE

  • #9291BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9291BE is a blue with RGB values 146, 145, 190 and HSL 241°, 26%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9291BE#9291BE
HEX#9291BE
RGBrgb(146, 145, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.5686, 0.7451
RGB percentages57.3%, 56.9%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(241.3, 25.7%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.3, 23.7%, 74.5%)
CMYK23.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,605,566
CSS custom property--colour: #9291BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#6D6E41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8596C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8494BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8899A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.2Slate grey · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Thistle · ΔE 23.3Plum · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 18.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBE91
Analogous#91A7BE, #A891BE
Triadic#BE9291, #91BE92
Split complementary#BEA891, #A7BE91
Tetradic#BE91A7, #BDBE91, #91BEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F1F7
Lighter +20%#D2D1E4
Lighter +10%#B2B1D1
Darker −10%#7271AB
Darker −20%#585792
Darker −30%#454472
Darker −40%#313152
More saturated +25%#7D7BD4
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A8

Channel breakdown

R146
G145
B190
Red146 (57.3%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue241.33°
Saturation (HSL)25.71%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 91 · B BE

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