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Recognised as Colour

#9AA1B9

  • #9AA1B9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9AA1B9 is a blue with RGB values 154, 161, 185 and HSL 226°, 18%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9AA1B9#9AA1B9
HEX#9AA1B9
RGBrgb(154, 161, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6314, 0.7255
RGB percentages60.4%, 63.1%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(226.5, 18.1%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 16.8%, 72.5%)
CMYK16.8%, 13%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,133,945
CSS custom property--colour: #9AA1B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#655E46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AA3BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A0B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#93A5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Dark grey · ΔE 13.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.6Silver · ΔE 17.6Thistle · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9B29A
Analogous#9AB0B9, #A39AB9
Triadic#B99AA1, #A1B99A
Split complementary#B9A39A, #B1B99A
Tetradic#B99AB0, #B9B29A, #9AB9A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F5F8
Lighter +20%#D6D9E3
Lighter +10%#B8BDCE
Darker −10%#7C85A4
Darker −20%#616B8C
Darker −30%#4C546E
Darker −40%#373D50
More saturated +25%#8595CE
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R154
G161
B185
Red154 (60.4%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue226.45°
Saturation (HSL)18.13%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G A1 · B B9

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