Colour

#969EB4

#969EB4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#969EB4 is a blue with RGB values 150, 158, 180 and HSL 224°, 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

#969EB4#969EB4

HEX#969EB4

RGBrgb(150, 158, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6196, 0.7059

RGB percentages58.8%, 62%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(224, 16.7%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 16.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK16.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,871,028

CSS custom property--colour: #969EB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.4 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#69614B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#989FB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#959DB3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8FA2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 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 10.2 Slate grey · ΔE 13 Dark grey · ΔE 13.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 14 Gray · ΔE 17 Silver · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4AC96

Analogous#96ADB4, #9D96B4

Triadic#B4969E, #9EB496

Split complementary#B49D96, #ADB496

Tetradic#B496AD, #B4AC96, #96B49D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFF0F4

Lighter +20%#D2D5DF

Lighter +10%#B4B9C9

Darker −10%#78839F

Darker −20%#5F6985

Darker −30%#4A5267

Darker −40%#343A4A

More saturated +25%#7F93CB

Less saturated −25%#A5A5A5

Channel breakdown

R150

G158

B180

Red150 (58.8%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue224°

Saturation (HSL)16.67%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 9E · B B4

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Colour values

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