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Recognised as Colour

#998D8B

  • #998D8B
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Gray

#998D8B is a grey with RGB values 153, 141, 139 and HSL 9°, 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

#998D8B#998D8B
HEX#998D8B
RGBrgb(153, 141, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5529, 0.5451
RGB percentages60%, 55.3%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(8.6, 6.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 9.2%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 7.8%, 9.2%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,063,243
CSS custom property--colour: #998D8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#667274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8E8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#92908Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9C8C8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 7.8Dark grey · ΔE 10.8Rosy brown · ΔE 14.1Light slate grey · ΔE 15.6Dim grey · ΔE 16Slate grey · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B9799
Analogous#998B90, #99948B
Triadic#8B998D, #8D8B99
Split complementary#8B9994, #8B9099
Tetradic#90998B, #8B9799, #948B99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F8F8
Lighter +30%#E1DDDC
Lighter +20%#C9C2C1
Lighter +10%#B1A8A6
Darker −10%#807371
Darker −20%#655B59
Darker −30%#4A4241
Darker −40%#2F2A29
More saturated +25%#B47A70
Less saturated −25%#929292

Channel breakdown

R153
G141
B139
Red153 (60%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue8.57°
Saturation (HSL)6.42%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 8D · B 8B

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