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Colour

#969DAF

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

#969DAF is a blue with RGB values 150, 157, 175 and HSL 223°, 14%, 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

#969DAF#969DAF
HEX#969DAF
RGBrgb(150, 157, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6157, 0.6863
RGB percentages58.8%, 61.6%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(223.2, 13.5%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.2, 14.3%, 68.6%)
CMYK14.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,767
CSS custom property--colour: #969DAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#696250

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989EB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#969CAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#90A0A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 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 text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.5Dark grey · ΔE 11.2Slate grey · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Gray · ΔE 15.1Silver · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFA896
Analogous#96AAAF, #9C96AF
Triadic#AF969D, #9DAF96
Split complementary#AF9B96, #AAAF96
Tetradic#AF96AA, #AFA896, #96AF9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDEEF1
Lighter +20%#D0D3DB
Lighter +10%#B3B8C5
Darker −10%#798299
Darker −20%#60697F
Darker −30%#4A5162
Darker −40%#343945
More saturated +25%#7F93C6
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R150
G157
B175
Red150 (58.8%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue223.2°
Saturation (HSL)13.51%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9D · B AF

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