Colour

#9AA3BB

#9AA3BB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#9AA3BB is a blue with RGB values 154, 163, 187 and HSL 224°, 20%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9AA3BB#9AA3BB

HEX#9AA3BB

RGBrgb(154, 163, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6392, 0.7333

RGB percentages60.4%, 63.9%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(223.6, 19.5%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 17.6%, 73.3%)

CMYK17.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,134,459

CSS custom property--colour: #9AA3BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.33:1

Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#655C44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CA5BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#99A2BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#92A7ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.1 Dark grey · ΔE 13.7 Slate grey · ΔE 15 Silver · ΔE 17.3 Thistle · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BBB29A

Analogous#9AB3BB, #A29ABB

Triadic#BB9AA3, #A3BB9A

Split complementary#BBA29A, #B3BB9A

Tetradic#BB9AB3, #BBB29A, #9ABBA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F6F9

Lighter +20%#D7DBE4

Lighter +10%#B8BFD0

Darker −10%#7C87A6

Darker −20%#606D8F

Darker −30%#4C5670

Darker −40%#373E52

More saturated +25%#8599D0

Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R154

G163

B187

Red154 (60.4%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)19.53%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9A · G A3 · B BB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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