Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#959FBD

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

#959FBD is a blue with RGB values 149, 159, 189 and HSL 225°, 23%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#959FBD#959FBD
HEX#959FBD
RGBrgb(149, 159, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.6235, 0.7412
RGB percentages58.4%, 62.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(225, 23.3%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 21.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK21.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,805,757
CSS custom property--colour: #959FBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#6A6042

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96A1BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#939EBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8BA5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.6Slate grey · ΔE 15.1Dark grey · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 19.2Gray · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDB395
Analogous#95B3BD, #9F95BD
Triadic#BD959F, #9FBD95
Split complementary#BD9F95, #B3BD95
Tetradic#BD95B3, #BDB395, #95BD9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F4F8
Lighter +20%#D4D8E4
Lighter +10%#B4BBD1
Darker −10%#7683A9
Darker −20%#5B6891
Darker −30%#475272
Darker −40%#333B53
More saturated +25%#8094D3
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R149
G159
B189
Red149 (58.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)23.26%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 9F · B BD

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 “959fbd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.