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Recognised as Colour

#9699A6

  • #9699A6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9699A6 is a blue with RGB values 150, 153, 166 and HSL 229°, 8%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9699A6#9699A6
HEX#9699A6
RGBrgb(150, 153, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6, 0.651
RGB percentages58.8%, 60%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(228.8, 8.2%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.8, 9.6%, 65.1%)
CMYK9.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,869,734
CSS custom property--colour: #9699A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#696659

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969AA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9599A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#939B9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.2Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Slate grey · ΔE 11.7Gray · ΔE 12.2Silver · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6A396
Analogous#96A1A6, #9B96A6
Triadic#A69699, #99A696
Split complementary#A69B96, #A1A696
Tetradic#A696A1, #A6A396, #96A69B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E9EC
Lighter +20%#CDCFD5
Lighter +10%#B2B4BD
Darker −10%#7A7E8F
Darker −20%#626574
Darker −30%#4B4D58
Darker −40%#33353D
More saturated +25%#7E8ABE
Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R150
G153
B166
Red150 (58.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue228.75°
Saturation (HSL)8.25%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 99 · B A6

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