Colour

#998B92

#998B92
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#998B92 is a grey with RGB values 153, 139, 146 and HSL 330°, 6%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#998B92#998B92

HEX#998B92

RGBrgb(153, 139, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5451, 0.5725

RGB percentages60%, 54.5%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(330, 6.4%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 9.2%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 4.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,062,738

CSS custom property--colour: #998B92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#66746D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C8D92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8F92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9B8B8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 8.8 Dark grey · ΔE 12.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 13.2 Slate grey · ΔE 13.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 14.1 Dim grey · ΔE 16.3

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8B9992

Analogous#998B99, #998B8B

Triadic#92998B, #8B9299

Split complementary#8B998B, #8B9999

Tetradic#99998B, #8B9992, #8B8B99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8F8F8

Lighter +30%#E1DCDF

Lighter +20%#C9C1C5

Lighter +10%#B1A6AB

Darker −10%#807178

Darker −20%#65595F

Darker −30%#4A4146

Darker −40%#2F292C

More saturated +25%#B47092

Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R153

G139

B146

Red153 (60%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)6.42%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8B · B 92

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