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Recognised as Colour

#9799BC

  • #9799BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9799BC is a blue with RGB values 151, 153, 188 and HSL 237°, 22%, 66%. 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

#9799BC#9799BC
HEX#9799BC
RGBrgb(151, 153, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.6, 0.7373
RGB percentages59.2%, 60%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(236.8, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.8, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK19.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,935,292
CSS custom property--colour: #9799BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#686643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909DBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F9ABBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8F9FA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.2Slate grey · ΔE 16.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.7Thistle · ΔE 19.4Dark grey · ΔE 20.2Steel blue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCBA97
Analogous#97ACBC, #A897BC
Triadic#BC9799, #99BC97
Split complementary#BCA897, #ACBC97
Tetradic#BC97AC, #BCBA97, #97BCA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F4F8
Lighter +20%#D5D6E4
Lighter +10%#B6B7D0
Darker −10%#787BA8
Darker −20%#5D6090
Darker −30%#494B71
Darker −40%#353652
More saturated +25%#8286D1
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R151
G153
B188
Red151 (59.2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue236.76°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 99 · B BC

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