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Recognised as Colour

#949FBA

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

#949FBA is a blue with RGB values 148, 159, 186 and HSL 223°, 22%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#949FBA#949FBA
HEX#949FBA
RGBrgb(148, 159, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.6235, 0.7294
RGB percentages58%, 62.4%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(222.6, 21.6%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 20.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK20.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,740,218
CSS custom property--colour: #949FBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#6B6045

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A1BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#949DB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8BA4A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Slate grey · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 19.4Gray · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAAF94
Analogous#94B2BA, #9C94BA
Triadic#BA949F, #9FBA94
Split complementary#BA9C94, #B2BA94
Tetradic#BA94B2, #BAAF94, #94BA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F2F6
Lighter +20%#D2D7E2
Lighter +10%#B3BBCE
Darker −10%#7583A6
Darker −20%#5B698D
Darker −30%#47526E
Darker −40%#333B4F
More saturated +25%#7E96D0
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R148
G159
B186
Red148 (58%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue222.63°
Saturation (HSL)21.59%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 9F · B BA

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