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Recognised as Colour

#969DBC

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

#969DBC is a blue with RGB values 150, 157, 188 and HSL 229°, 22%, 66%. 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

#969DBC#969DBC
HEX#969DBC
RGBrgb(150, 157, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6157, 0.7373
RGB percentages58.8%, 61.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(228.9, 22.1%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.9, 20.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK20.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,780
CSS custom property--colour: #969DBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#696243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A0BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8DA3A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Slate grey · ΔE 15.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 19Gray · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB596
Analogous#96B0BC, #A296BC
Triadic#BC969D, #9DBC96
Split complementary#BCA296, #B0BC96
Tetradic#BC96B0, #BCB596, #96BCA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F4F8
Lighter +20%#D4D7E4
Lighter +10%#B5BAD0
Darker −10%#7780A8
Darker −20%#5C6690
Darker −30%#485071
Darker −40%#343A52
More saturated +25%#818FD2
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R150
G157
B188
Red150 (58.8%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue228.95°
Saturation (HSL)22.09%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9D · B BC

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