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Recognised as Colour

#969CAA

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

#969CAA is a blue with RGB values 150, 156, 170 and HSL 222°, 11%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#969CAA#969CAA
HEX#969CAA
RGBrgb(150, 156, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6118, 0.6667
RGB percentages58.8%, 61.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(222, 10.5%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK11.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,506
CSS custom property--colour: #969CAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#696355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989DABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#969BAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#929FA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.4Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Slate grey · ΔE 12.1Gray · ΔE 13.4Silver · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAA496
Analogous#96A6AA, #9A96AA
Triadic#AA969C, #9CAA96
Split complementary#AA9A96, #A6AA96
Tetradic#AA96A6, #AAA496, #96AA9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBECEE
Lighter +20%#CED1D8
Lighter +10%#B2B7C1
Darker −10%#7A8193
Darker −20%#626878
Darker −30%#4B505C
Darker −40%#343840
More saturated +25%#7E93C2
Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R150
G156
B170
Red150 (58.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)10.53%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9C · B AA

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