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Recognised as Colour

#949BAD

  • #949BAD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#949BAD is a blue with RGB values 148, 155, 173 and HSL 223°, 13%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#949BAD#949BAD
HEX#949BAD
RGBrgb(148, 155, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6078, 0.6784
RGB percentages58%, 60.8%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(223.2, 13.2%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.2, 14.5%, 67.8%)
CMYK14.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,739,181
CSS custom property--colour: #949BAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#6B6452

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969CAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#949AADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8E9EA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.8Dark grey · ΔE 11.6Slate grey · ΔE 11.6Gray · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADA694
Analogous#94A7AD, #9A94AD
Triadic#AD949B, #9BAD94
Split complementary#AD9A94, #A7AD94
Tetradic#AD94A7, #ADA694, #94AD9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBECEF
Lighter +20%#CED1D9
Lighter +10%#B1B6C3
Darker −10%#778097
Darker −20%#5F677C
Darker −30%#494F5F
Darker −40%#333742
More saturated +25%#7C91C5
Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R148
G155
B173
Red148 (58%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue223.2°
Saturation (HSL)13.23%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 9B · B AD

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