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Recognised as Colour

#969DB5

  • #969DB5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#969DB5 is a blue with RGB values 150, 157, 181 and HSL 226°, 17%, 65%. 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

#969DB5#969DB5
HEX#969DB5
RGBrgb(150, 157, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6157, 0.7098
RGB percentages58.8%, 61.6%, 71%
HSLhsl(226.5, 17.3%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 17.1%, 71%)
CMYK17.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,773
CSS custom property--colour: #969DB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#69624A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969FB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#949CB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8FA1A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.4Slate grey · ΔE 13.2Dark grey · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Gray · ΔE 17.6Silver · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5AE96
Analogous#96ACB5, #9F96B5
Triadic#B5969D, #9DB596
Split complementary#B59F96, #ADB596
Tetradic#B596AC, #B5AE96, #96B59F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0F1F4
Lighter +20%#D2D5DF
Lighter +10%#B4B9CA
Darker −10%#7881A0
Darker −20%#5F6886
Darker −30%#4A5168
Darker −40%#35394A
More saturated +25%#8091CB
Less saturated −25%#A6A6A6

Channel breakdown

R150
G157
B181
Red150 (58.8%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue226.45°
Saturation (HSL)17.32%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9D · B B5

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