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Recognised as Colour

#9791BF

  • #9791BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9791BF is a blue with RGB values 151, 145, 191 and HSL 248°, 26%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9791BF#9791BF
HEX#9791BF
RGBrgb(151, 145, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5686, 0.749
RGB percentages59.2%, 56.9%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(247.8, 26.4%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.8, 24.1%, 74.9%)
CMYK20.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,933,247
CSS custom property--colour: #9791BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#686E40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8697C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8695BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8F98A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 19.6Steel blue · ΔE 20.9Slate grey · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 22.4Thistle · ΔE 22.7Plum · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 19.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9BF91
Analogous#91A2BF, #AE91BF
Triadic#BF9791, #91BF97
Split complementary#BFAE91, #A2BF91
Tetradic#BF91A2, #B9BF91, #91BFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F2F7
Lighter +20%#D4D1E5
Lighter +10%#B5B1D2
Darker −10%#7971AC
Darker −20%#5E5694
Darker −30%#4A4374
Darker −40%#353153
More saturated +25%#877BD5
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A9

Channel breakdown

R151
G145
B191
Red151 (59.2%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue247.83°
Saturation (HSL)26.44%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 91 · B BF

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