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Recognised as Colour

#9897BC

  • #9897BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9897BC is a blue with RGB values 152, 151, 188 and HSL 242°, 22%, 66%. 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

#9897BC#9897BC
HEX#9897BC
RGBrgb(152, 151, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.5922, 0.7373
RGB percentages59.6%, 59.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(241.6, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.6, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK19.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,000,316
CSS custom property--colour: #9897BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#676843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9BBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D99BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#909DA3no 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 text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 17.2Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9Thistle · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 21.2Dark grey · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBBC97
Analogous#97A9BC, #AB97BC
Triadic#BC9897, #97BC98
Split complementary#BCAB97, #A9BC97
Tetradic#BC97A9, #BBBC97, #97BCAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F4F8
Lighter +20%#D5D5E4
Lighter +10%#B7B6D0
Darker −10%#7978A8
Darker −20%#5E5D90
Darker −30%#4A4971
Darker −40%#363552
More saturated +25%#8482D1
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R152
G151
B188
Red152 (59.6%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue241.62°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 97 · B BC

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