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Recognised as Colour

#9298AA

  • #9298AA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9298AA is a blue with RGB values 146, 152, 170 and HSL 225°, 12%, 62%. 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

#9298AA#9298AA
HEX#9298AA
RGBrgb(146, 152, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.5961, 0.6667
RGB percentages57.3%, 59.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(225, 12.4%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 14.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK14.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,607,338
CSS custom property--colour: #9298AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#6D6755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9399ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9197AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8D9B9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8Slate grey · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Gray · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6Silver · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAA492
Analogous#92A4AA, #9892AA
Triadic#AA9298, #98AA92
Split complementary#AA9892, #A4AA92
Tetradic#AA92A4, #AAA492, #92AA98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8E9ED
Lighter +20%#CBCED7
Lighter +10%#AFB3C0
Darker −10%#757D94
Darker −20%#5E6478
Darker −30%#474C5C
Darker −40%#31353F
More saturated +25%#7A8CC2
Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R146
G152
B170
Red146 (57.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)12.37%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 98 · B AA

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