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Recognised as Colour

#969DBD

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

#969DBD is a blue with RGB values 150, 157, 189 and HSL 229°, 23%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#969DBD#969DBD
HEX#969DBD
RGBrgb(150, 157, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6157, 0.7412
RGB percentages58.8%, 61.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(229.2, 22.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.2, 20.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK20.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,870,781
CSS custom property--colour: #969DBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#696242

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A0BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8DA3A8no 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 text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Slate grey · ΔE 15.5Dark grey · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 19.1Gray · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDB696
Analogous#96B0BD, #A396BD
Triadic#BD969D, #9DBD96
Split complementary#BDA396, #B1BD96
Tetradic#BD96B1, #BDB696, #96BDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F5F8
Lighter +20%#D5D7E4
Lighter +10%#B5BAD1
Darker −10%#7780A9
Darker −20%#5B6592
Darker −30%#484F72
Darker −40%#343A53
More saturated +25%#818FD2
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R150
G157
B189
Red150 (58.8%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue229.23°
Saturation (HSL)22.81%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9D · B BD

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