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Recognised as Colour

#948BB5

  • #948BB5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#948BB5 is a blue with RGB values 148, 139, 181 and HSL 253°, 22%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#948BB5#948BB5
HEX#948BB5
RGBrgb(148, 139, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.5451, 0.7098
RGB percentages58%, 54.5%, 71%
HSLhsl(252.9, 22.1%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 23.2%, 71%)
CMYK18.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,735,093
CSS custom property--colour: #948BB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#6B744A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8291B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8390B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8E9299no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 21.2Thistle · ΔE 23.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5Plum · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 17.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACB58B
Analogous#8B97B5, #A98BB5
Triadic#B5948B, #8BB594
Split complementary#B5A98B, #97B58B
Tetradic#B58B97, #ACB58B, #8BB5A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE8F1
Lighter +20%#CDC9DD
Lighter +10%#B1AAC9
Darker −10%#776CA1
Darker −20%#5F5585
Darker −30%#494166
Darker −40%#332D47
More saturated +25%#8673CD
Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R148
G139
B181
Red148 (58%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue252.86°
Saturation (HSL)22.11%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 8B · B B5

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