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Colour

#99AEBC

  • #99AEBC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#99AEBC is a blue with RGB values 153, 174, 188 and HSL 204°, 21%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#99AEBC#99AEBC
HEX#99AEBC
RGBrgb(153, 174, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6824, 0.7373
RGB percentages60%, 68.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(204, 20.7%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204, 18.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK18.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,071,740
CSS custom property--colour: #99AEBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#665143

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8ADBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A9BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#90B2B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 13Light slate grey · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 15.5Slate grey · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCA799
Analogous#99BCB9, #999DBC
Triadic#BC99AE, #AEBC99
Split complementary#BC999D, #BCB999
Tetradic#B999BC, #BCA799, #9DBC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F7F9
Lighter +20%#D7DFE4
Lighter +10%#B8C6D0
Darker −10%#7A96A8
Darker −20%#5F7C90
Darker −30%#4B6271
Darker −40%#364753
More saturated +25%#84B2D1
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R153
G174
B188
Red153 (60%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue204°
Saturation (HSL)20.71%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G AE · B BC

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