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Recognised as Colour

#9497BF

  • #9497BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9497BF is a blue with RGB values 148, 151, 191 and HSL 236°, 25%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9497BF#9497BF
HEX#9497BF
RGBrgb(148, 151, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.5922, 0.749
RGB percentages58%, 59.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(235.8, 25.1%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.8, 22.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK22.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,738,175
CSS custom property--colour: #9497BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.44:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#6B6840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C9BC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B98BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8A9EA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.8Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 19.6Thistle · ΔE 21.1Dark grey · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFBC94
Analogous#94ADBF, #A794BF
Triadic#BF9497, #97BF94
Split complementary#BFA794, #ADBF94
Tetradic#BF94AD, #BFBC94, #94BFA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F4F8
Lighter +20%#D4D5E5
Lighter +10%#B4B6D2
Darker −10%#7478AC
Darker −20%#595D94
Darker −30%#464974
Darker −40%#333554
More saturated +25%#7F85D4
Less saturated −25%#A9A9AA

Channel breakdown

R148
G151
B191
Red148 (58%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue235.81°
Saturation (HSL)25.15%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 97 · B BF

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