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Recognised as Colour

#989CAB

  • #989CAB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#989CAB is a blue with RGB values 152, 156, 171 and HSL 227°, 10%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#989CAB#989CAB
HEX#989CAB
RGBrgb(152, 156, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.6118, 0.6706
RGB percentages59.6%, 61.2%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(227.4, 10.2%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 11.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK11.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,001,579
CSS custom property--colour: #989CAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#676354

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989DACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#979CABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#949FA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.7Light slate grey · ΔE 9.8Slate grey · ΔE 12.4Gray · ΔE 13.8Silver · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABA798
Analogous#98A5AB, #9D98AB
Triadic#AB989C, #9CAB98
Split complementary#AB9D98, #A5AB98
Tetradic#AB98A6, #ABA798, #98AB9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECEDF0
Lighter +20%#D0D2D9
Lighter +10%#B4B7C2
Darker −10%#7C8194
Darker −20%#63687A
Darker −30%#4C505E
Darker −40%#353842
More saturated +25%#818EC2
Less saturated −25%#A2A2A2

Channel breakdown

R152
G156
B171
Red152 (59.6%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue227.37°
Saturation (HSL)10.16%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 9C · B AB

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