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Recognised as Colour

#958EBD

  • #958EBD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#958EBD is a blue with RGB values 149, 142, 189 and HSL 249°, 26%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#958EBD#958EBD
HEX#958EBD
RGBrgb(149, 142, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.5569, 0.7412
RGB percentages58.4%, 55.7%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(248.9, 26.3%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.9, 24.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK21.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,801,405
CSS custom property--colour: #958EBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#6A7142

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8394BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8393BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8D969Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Slate grey · ΔE 21.3Plum · ΔE 23.4Light steelblue · ΔE 23.7Thistle · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 20.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6BD8E
Analogous#8E9EBD, #AD8EBD
Triadic#BD958E, #8EBD95
Split complementary#BDAD8E, #9FBD8E
Tetradic#BD8E9E, #B6BD8E, #8EBDAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0EFF5
Lighter +20%#D1CEE3
Lighter +10%#B3AED0
Darker −10%#776EAA
Darker −20%#5D5491
Darker −30%#494270
Darker −40%#342F50
More saturated +25%#8578D3
Less saturated −25%#A5A4A7

Channel breakdown

R149
G142
B189
Red149 (58.4%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue248.94°
Saturation (HSL)26.26%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 8E · B BD

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