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Recognised as Colour

#9797BD

  • #9797BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9797BD is a blue with RGB values 151, 151, 189 and HSL 240°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9797BD#9797BD
HEX#9797BD
RGBrgb(151, 151, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5922, 0.7412
RGB percentages59.2%, 59.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(240, 22.4%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 20.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK20.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,934,781
CSS custom property--colour: #9797BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#686842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9BBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C99BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8F9DA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Slate grey · ΔE 17.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Thistle · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Dark grey · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDBD97
Analogous#97AABD, #AA97BD
Triadic#BD9797, #97BD97
Split complementary#BDAA97, #AABD97
Tetradic#BD97AA, #BDBD97, #97BDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F5F8
Lighter +20%#D5D5E5
Lighter +10%#B6B6D1
Darker −10%#7878A9
Darker −20%#5C5C92
Darker −30%#494972
Darker −40%#353553
More saturated +25%#8282D2
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R151
G151
B189
Red151 (59.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)22.35%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 97 · B BD

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