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Recognised as Colour

#9798BE

  • #9798BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9798BE is a blue with RGB values 151, 152, 190 and HSL 238°, 23%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9798BE#9798BE
HEX#9798BE
RGBrgb(151, 152, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5961, 0.7451
RGB percentages59.2%, 59.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(238.5, 23.1%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.5, 20.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK20.5%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,935,038
CSS custom property--colour: #9798BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#686741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9CC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D9ABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8E9EA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Slate grey · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Thistle · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Dark grey · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEBD97
Analogous#97ACBE, #AA97BE
Triadic#BE9798, #98BE97
Split complementary#BEAA97, #ACBE97
Tetradic#BE97AC, #BEBD97, #97BEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F5F9
Lighter +20%#D6D6E5
Lighter +10%#B6B7D2
Darker −10%#7879AA
Darker −20%#5C5D93
Darker −30%#484974
Darker −40%#353654
More saturated +25%#8284D3
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R151
G152
B190
Red151 (59.2%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue238.46°
Saturation (HSL)23.08%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 98 · B BE

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