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Recognised as Colour

#969CBF

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

#969CBF is a blue with RGB values 150, 156, 191 and HSL 231°, 24%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#969CBF#969CBF
HEX#969CBF
RGBrgb(150, 156, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6118, 0.749
RGB percentages58.8%, 61.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(231.2, 24.3%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.2, 21.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK21.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,527
CSS custom property--colour: #969CBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#696340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939FC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#909CBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8CA2A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Slate grey · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 19.5Dark grey · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFB996
Analogous#96B1BF, #A596BF
Triadic#BF969C, #9CBF96
Split complementary#BFA596, #B1BF96
Tetradic#BF96B1, #BFB996, #96BFA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F6F9
Lighter +20%#D5D8E6
Lighter +10%#B6BAD2
Darker −10%#767EAC
Darker −20%#5B6394
Darker −30%#474E75
Darker −40%#343955
More saturated +25%#818DD4
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R150
G156
B191
Red150 (58.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue231.22°
Saturation (HSL)24.26%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9C · B BF

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