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Recognised as Colour

#969EC1

  • #969EC1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#969EC1 is a blue with RGB values 150, 158, 193 and HSL 229°, 26%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#969EC1#969EC1
HEX#969EC1
RGBrgb(150, 158, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.6196, 0.7569
RGB percentages58.8%, 62%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(228.8, 25.7%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.8, 22.3%, 75.7%)
CMYK22.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,871,041
CSS custom property--colour: #969EC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#69613E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A1C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#919EC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8CA4AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Slate grey · ΔE 16.7Thistle · ΔE 19.4Dark grey · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1B996
Analogous#96B4C1, #A496C1
Triadic#C1969E, #9EC196
Split complementary#C1A496, #B4C196
Tetradic#C196B4, #C1B996, #96C1A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F7FA
Lighter +20%#D6D9E7
Lighter +10%#B6BCD4
Darker −10%#7680AE
Darker −20%#596598
Darker −30%#475077
Darker −40%#343A57
More saturated +25%#8191D6
Less saturated −25%#ABABAC

Channel breakdown

R150
G158
B193
Red150 (58.8%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue228.84°
Saturation (HSL)25.75%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 9E · B C1

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