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Recognised as Colour

#959AA7

  • #959AA7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#959AA7 is a blue with RGB values 149, 154, 167 and HSL 223°, 9%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#959AA7#959AA7
HEX#959AA7
RGBrgb(149, 154, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6039, 0.6549
RGB percentages58.4%, 60.4%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(223.3, 9.3%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.3, 10.8%, 65.5%)
CMYK10.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,804,455
CSS custom property--colour: #959AA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#6A6558

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969BA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9599A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#919C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.1Dark grey · ΔE 9.3Slate grey · ΔE 11.6Gray · ΔE 12.5Silver · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7A295
Analogous#95A3A7, #9995A7
Triadic#A7959A, #9AA795
Split complementary#A79995, #A3A795
Tetradic#A795A3, #A7A295, #95A799

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9EAEC
Lighter +20%#CDCFD5
Lighter +10%#B1B5BE
Darker −10%#797F90
Darker −20%#616775
Darker −30%#4A4E59
Darker −40%#33363D
More saturated +25%#7D8FBF
Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R149
G154
B167
Red149 (58.4%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue223.33°
Saturation (HSL)9.28%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 9A · B A7

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