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Recognised as Colour

#969BC0

  • #969BC0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#969BC0 is a blue with RGB values 150, 155, 192 and HSL 233°, 25%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#969BC0#969BC0
HEX#969BC0
RGBrgb(150, 155, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6078, 0.7529
RGB percentages58.8%, 60.8%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(232.9, 25%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.9, 21.9%, 75.3%)
CMYK21.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,272
CSS custom property--colour: #969BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#69643F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#919FC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9CBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#8CA2A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Slate grey · ΔE 17.2Thistle · ΔE 19.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.3Dark grey · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0BB96
Analogous#96B0C0, #A696C0
Triadic#C0969B, #9BC096
Split complementary#C0A696, #B0C096
Tetradic#C096B0, #C0BB96, #96C0A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F6F9
Lighter +20%#D6D8E6
Lighter +10%#B6B9D3
Darker −10%#767DAD
Darker −20%#5A6196
Darker −30%#474C76
Darker −40%#343856
More saturated +25%#818BD5
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R150
G155
B192
Red150 (58.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue232.86°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9B · B C0

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