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Recognised as Colour

#989BBA

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

#989BBA is a blue with RGB values 152, 155, 186 and HSL 235°, 20%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#989BBA#989BBA
HEX#989BBA
RGBrgb(152, 155, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.6078, 0.7294
RGB percentages59.6%, 60.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(234.7, 19.8%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.7, 18.3%, 72.9%)
CMYK18.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,001,338
CSS custom property--colour: #989BBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#676445

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939EBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#929CB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#91A0A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.8Slate grey · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Dark grey · ΔE 17.9Thistle · ΔE 18.6Gray · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAB798
Analogous#98ACBA, #A698BA
Triadic#BA989B, #9BBA98
Split complementary#BAA698, #ACBA98
Tetradic#BA98AC, #BAB798, #98BAA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F4F7
Lighter +20%#D5D6E3
Lighter +10%#B7B9CE
Darker −10%#797DA6
Darker −20%#5F638D
Darker −30%#4A4D6F
Darker −40%#363850
More saturated +25%#8289D0
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R152
G155
B186
Red152 (59.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue234.71°
Saturation (HSL)19.77%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 9B · B BA

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