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Recognised as Colour

#9999B6

  • #9999B6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9999B6 is a blue with RGB values 153, 153, 182 and HSL 240°, 17%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9999B6#9999B6
HEX#9999B6
RGBrgb(153, 153, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6, 0.7137
RGB percentages60%, 60%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(240, 16.6%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 15.9%, 71.4%)
CMYK15.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,066,358
CSS custom property--colour: #9999B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32932WCAG 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 7.59:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#666649

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929CB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#919BB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#939EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1Dark grey · ΔE 17Thistle · ΔE 18.4Gray · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6B699
Analogous#99A8B6, #A899B6
Triadic#B69999, #99B699
Split complementary#B6A899, #A8B699
Tetradic#B699A8, #B6B699, #99B6A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F2F6
Lighter +20%#D4D4E1
Lighter +10%#B7B7CB
Darker −10%#7B7BA1
Darker −20%#616188
Darker −30%#4C4C6A
Darker −40%#37374C
More saturated +25%#8383CC
Less saturated −25%#A8A8A8

Channel breakdown

R153
G153
B182
Red153 (60%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)16.57%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 99 · B B6

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