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Recognised as Colour

#94969C

  • #94969C
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#94969C is a grey with RGB values 148, 150, 156 and HSL 225°, 4%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#94969C#94969C
HEX#94969C
RGBrgb(148, 150, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.5882, 0.6118
RGB percentages58%, 58.8%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(225, 3.9%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 5.1%, 61.2%)
CMYK5.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,737,884
CSS custom property--colour: #94969C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.1:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#6B6963

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94969Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Deuteranopia#94969Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#929798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.9Gray · ΔE 9.2Light slate grey · ΔE 10.2Slate grey · ΔE 12Silver · ΔE 16Dim grey · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C9A94
Analogous#949A9C, #96949C
Triadic#9C9496, #969C94
Split complementary#9C9694, #9A9C94
Tetradic#9C949A, #9C9A94, #949C96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#E3E4E6
Lighter +20%#C9CACD
Lighter +10%#AEB0B5
Darker −10%#7A7C83
Darker −20%#616369
Darker −30%#494A4E
Darker −40%#303134
More saturated +25%#7A89B6
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R148
G150
B156
Red148 (58%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)3.88%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 96 · B 9C

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