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Recognised as Colour

#939BB2

  • #939BB2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#939BB2 is a blue with RGB values 147, 155, 178 and HSL 225°, 17%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#939BB2#939BB2
HEX#939BB2
RGBrgb(147, 155, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6078, 0.698
RGB percentages57.6%, 60.8%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(224.5, 16.8%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 17.4%, 69.8%)
CMYK17.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,673,650
CSS custom property--colour: #939BB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#6C644D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#949DB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#929AB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8C9FA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4Slate grey · ΔE 12.2Dark grey · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15Gray · ΔE 16.7Silver · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2AA93
Analogous#93ABB2, #9A93B2
Triadic#B2939B, #9BB293
Split complementary#B29B93, #ABB293
Tetradic#B293AB, #B2AA93, #93B29B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECEEF2
Lighter +20%#CFD2DC
Lighter +10%#B1B7C7
Darker −10%#757F9D
Darker −20%#5D6682
Darker −30%#484F64
Darker −40%#323847
More saturated +25%#7C90C9
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R147
G155
B178
Red147 (57.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue224.52°
Saturation (HSL)16.76%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 9B · B B2

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