Colour

#969DAE

#969DAE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#969DAE is a blue with RGB values 150, 157, 174 and HSL 222°, 13%, 64%. 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

#969DAE#969DAE

HEX#969DAE

RGBrgb(150, 157, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6157, 0.6824

RGB percentages58.8%, 61.6%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(222.5, 12.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 13.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK13.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,870,766

CSS custom property--colour: #969DAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#696251

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#989EAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#969CAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#91A0A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.5 Dark grey · ΔE 10.7 Slate grey · ΔE 12.3 Gray · ΔE 14.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 15 Silver · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEA796

Analogous#96A9AE, #9B96AE

Triadic#AE969D, #9DAE96

Split complementary#AE9B96, #A9AE96

Tetradic#AE96A9, #AEA796, #96AE9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECEEF1

Lighter +20%#D0D3DA

Lighter +10%#B3B8C4

Darker −10%#798298

Darker −20%#61697D

Darker −30%#4A5161

Darker −40%#343944

More saturated +25%#7F93C5

Less saturated −25%#A2A2A2

Channel breakdown

R150

G157

B174

Red150 (58.8%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue222.5°

Saturation (HSL)12.9%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 9D · B AE

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