Colour

#9499A9

#9499A9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#9499A9 is a blue with RGB values 148, 153, 169 and HSL 226°, 11%, 62%. 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

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HEX#9499A9

RGBrgb(148, 153, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6, 0.6627

RGB percentages58%, 60%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(225.7, 10.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.7, 12.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK12.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,738,665

CSS custom property--colour: #9499A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#6B6656

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#959AAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9398A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8F9C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.6 Dark grey · ΔE 10.9 Slate grey · ΔE 11.2 Gray · ΔE 13.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6 Silver · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A9A494

Analogous#94A3A9, #9A94A9

Triadic#A99499, #99A994

Split complementary#A99A94, #A3A994

Tetradic#A994A3, #A9A494, #94A99A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9EAED

Lighter +20%#CDCFD6

Lighter +10%#B0B4C0

Darker −10%#787E92

Darker −20%#606577

Darker −30%#494D5B

Darker −40%#32353F

More saturated +25%#7C8CC1

Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R148

G153

B169

Red148 (58%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue225.71°

Saturation (HSL)10.88%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 99 · B A9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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