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Recognised as Colour

#9993BB

  • #9993BB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9993BB is a blue with RGB values 153, 147, 187 and HSL 249°, 23%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9993BB#9993BB
HEX#9993BB
RGBrgb(153, 147, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5765, 0.7333
RGB percentages60%, 57.6%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(249, 22.7%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249, 21.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK18.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,064,827
CSS custom property--colour: #9993BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#666C44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A98BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A97BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9299A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17Slate grey · ΔE 18.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3Thistle · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.6Dark grey · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5BB93
Analogous#93A1BB, #AD93BB
Triadic#BB9993, #93BB99
Split complementary#BBAD93, #A1BB93
Tetradic#BB93A1, #B5BB93, #93BBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F1F6
Lighter +20%#D4D2E2
Lighter +10%#B7B2CF
Darker −10%#7B74A7
Darker −20%#625A8E
Darker −30%#4C466F
Darker −40%#373250
More saturated +25%#8A7DD1
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R153
G147
B187
Red153 (60%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue249°
Saturation (HSL)22.73%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 93 · B BB

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