Recognised as Colour

#968C90

#968C90
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#968C90 is a grey with RGB values 150, 140, 144 and HSL 336°, 5%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#968C90#968C90

HEX#968C90

RGBrgb(150, 140, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.549, 0.5647

RGB percentages58.8%, 54.9%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(336, 4.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336, 6.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 4%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,866,384

CSS custom property--colour: #968C90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.45:1

Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#69736F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D8E90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8F90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#988C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 7.2 Dark grey · ΔE 11 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7 Slate grey · ΔE 13.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 15.2 Dim grey · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C9692

Analogous#968C95, #968D8C

Triadic#90968C, #8C9096

Split complementary#8C968D, #8C9596

Tetradic#95968C, #8C9692, #8D8C96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F7F7

Lighter +30%#DFDCDD

Lighter +20%#C7C1C3

Lighter +10%#AEA7AA

Darker −10%#7D7276

Darker −20%#625A5D

Darker −30%#484144

Darker −40%#2D292B

More saturated +25%#B2718B

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R150

G140

B144

Red150 (58.8%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue336°

Saturation (HSL)4.55%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 8C · B 90

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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