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Recognised as Colour

#938DAD

  • #938DAD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#938DAD is a blue with RGB values 147, 141, 173 and HSL 251°, 16%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#938DAD#938DAD
HEX#938DAD
RGBrgb(147, 141, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.5529, 0.6784
RGB percentages57.6%, 55.3%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(251.2, 16.3%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.2, 18.5%, 67.8%)
CMYK15%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,670,061
CSS custom property--colour: #938DAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.65:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#6C7252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8691AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8790ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8E9298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.8Slate grey · ΔE 14.2Gray · ΔE 19.4Dark grey · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 20.9Thistle · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7AD8D
Analogous#8D97AD, #A38DAD
Triadic#AD938D, #8DAD93
Split complementary#ADA38D, #97AD8D
Tetradic#AD8D97, #A7AD8D, #8DADA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E6ED
Lighter +20%#CBC8D8
Lighter +10%#AFABC2
Darker −10%#776F98
Darker −20%#5F597B
Darker −30%#48435E
Darker −40%#312E40
More saturated +25%#8475C5
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R147
G141
B173
Red147 (57.6%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue251.25°
Saturation (HSL)16.33%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 8D · B AD

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