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Recognised as Colour

#989AAA

  • #989AAA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#989AAA is a blue with RGB values 152, 154, 170 and HSL 233°, 10%, 63%. 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

#989AAA#989AAA
HEX#989AAA
RGBrgb(152, 154, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.6039, 0.6667
RGB percentages59.6%, 60.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(233.3, 9.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.3, 10.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK10.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,001,066
CSS custom property--colour: #989AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#676555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969BABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#959AAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#949D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9.6Dark grey · ΔE 10.4Slate grey · ΔE 12.2Gray · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Silver · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAA898
Analogous#98A3AA, #9F98AA
Triadic#AA989A, #9AAA98
Split complementary#AA9F98, #A3AA98
Tetradic#AA98A3, #AAA898, #98AA9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECECEF
Lighter +20%#D0D1D8
Lighter +10%#B4B5C1
Darker −10%#7C7F93
Darker −20%#636679
Darker −30%#4C4E5D
Darker −40%#353741
More saturated +25%#8188C2
Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R152
G154
B170
Red152 (59.6%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue233.33°
Saturation (HSL)9.57%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 9A · B AA

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