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Recognised as Colour

#939C9F

  • #939C9F
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#939C9F is a grey with RGB values 147, 156, 159 and HSL 195°, 6%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#939C9F#939C9F
HEX#939C9F
RGBrgb(147, 156, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.6118, 0.6235
RGB percentages57.6%, 61.2%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(195, 5.9%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 7.5%, 62.4%)
CMYK7.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,673,887
CSS custom property--colour: #939C9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#6C6360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9B9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#989A9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#909D9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.6Gray · ΔE 10.8Light slate grey · ΔE 11.5Slate grey · ΔE 13.5Silver · ΔE 14.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F9693
Analogous#939F9C, #93969F
Triadic#9F939C, #9C9F93
Split complementary#9F9396, #9F9C93
Tetradic#9C939F, #9F9693, #969F93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4E6E7
Lighter +20%#C9CECF
Lighter +10%#AEB5B7
Darker −10%#788387
Darker −20%#60696C
Darker −30%#484F51
Darker −40%#303536
More saturated +25%#7AA9B9
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R147
G156
B159
Red147 (57.6%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)5.88%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 9C · B 9F

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