Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#959C8E

  • #959C8E
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#959C8E is a grey with RGB values 149, 156, 142 and HSL 90°, 7%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#959C8E#959C8E
HEX#959C8E
RGBrgb(149, 156, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6118, 0.5569
RGB percentages58.4%, 61.2%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(90, 6.6%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(90, 9%, 61.2%)
CMYK4.5%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,804,942
CSS custom property--colour: #959C8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#6A6371

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9A8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D998Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#969B98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.1Gray · ΔE 12.9Silver · ΔE 16.5Light slate grey · ΔE 19.3Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2Slate grey · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#958E9C
Analogous#9C9C8E, #8E9C8E
Triadic#8E959C, #9C8E95
Split complementary#8E8E9C, #9C8E9C
Tetradic#8E9C9C, #958E9C, #9C8E8E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBFB
Lighter +30%#E2E3E0
Lighter +20%#C8CCC4
Lighter +10%#AFB4A9
Darker −10%#7C8473
Darker −20%#62685C
Darker −30%#494D44
Darker −40%#2F322C
More saturated +25%#95B774
Less saturated −25%#959595

Channel breakdown

R149
G156
B142
Red149 (58.4%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue90°
Saturation (HSL)6.6%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 95 · G 9C · B 8E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “959c8e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.