Recognised as Colour

#958F8D

#958F8D
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#958F8D is a grey with RGB values 149, 143, 141 and HSL 15°, 4%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#958F8D#958F8D

HEX#958F8D

RGBrgb(149, 143, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.5608, 0.5529

RGB percentages58.4%, 56.1%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(15, 3.6%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15, 5.4%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 5.4%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,801,613

CSS custom property--colour: #958F8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27958WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.59:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#6A7072

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90908Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#92918Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#978E8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 6.8 Dark grey · ΔE 9.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.1 Slate grey · ΔE 14.8 Dim grey · ΔE 15.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D9395

Analogous#958D8F, #95938D

Triadic#8D958F, #8F8D95

Split complementary#8D9593, #8D8F95

Tetradic#8F958D, #8D9395, #938D95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F7

Lighter +30%#DFDDDC

Lighter +20%#C6C3C2

Lighter +10%#AEA9A7

Darker −10%#7C7573

Darker −20%#615C5B

Darker −30%#474342

Darker −40%#2D2A29

More saturated +25%#B18172

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R149

G143

B141

Red149 (58.4%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue15°

Saturation (HSL)3.64%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 8F · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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