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Recognised as Colour

#959F97

  • #959F97
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#959F97 is a grey with RGB values 149, 159, 151 and HSL 132°, 5%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#959F97#959F97
HEX#959F97
RGBrgb(149, 159, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6235, 0.5922
RGB percentages58.4%, 62.4%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(132, 5%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(132, 6.3%, 62.4%)
CMYK6.3%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,805,719
CSS custom property--colour: #959F97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#6A6068

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9D97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9D9C97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#949F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.6Gray · ΔE 12.4Silver · ΔE 14.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7Slate grey · ΔE 18.1Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F959D
Analogous#989F95, #959F9C
Triadic#97959F, #9F9795
Split complementary#9C959F, #9F9598
Tetradic#95989F, #9F959D, #9F9C95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E8E6
Lighter +20%#CBCFCC
Lighter +10%#B0B7B1
Darker −10%#7A877D
Darker −20%#626C64
Darker −30%#4A514B
Darker −40%#313732
More saturated +25%#7CB888
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R149
G159
B151
Red149 (58.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue132°
Saturation (HSL)4.95%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 95 · G 9F · B 97

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