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Recognised as Colour

#9495AD

  • #9495AD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9495AD is a blue with RGB values 148, 149, 173 and HSL 238°, 13%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9495AD#9495AD
HEX#9495AD
RGBrgb(148, 149, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.5843, 0.6784
RGB percentages58%, 58.4%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(237.6, 13.2%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 14.5%, 67.8%)
CMYK14.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,737,645
CSS custom property--colour: #9495AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#6B6A52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F97AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E96ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8F999Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.5Slate grey · ΔE 11.9Dark grey · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADAC94
Analogous#94A1AD, #9F94AD
Triadic#AD9495, #95AD94
Split complementary#ADA094, #A1AD94
Tetradic#AD94A2, #ADAC94, #94ADA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBEBEF
Lighter +20%#CECED9
Lighter +10%#B1B2C3
Darker −10%#777897
Darker −20%#5F607C
Darker −30%#494A5F
Darker −40%#333342
More saturated +25%#7C7FC5
Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R148
G149
B173
Red148 (58%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue237.6°
Saturation (HSL)13.23%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 95 · B AD

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