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Recognised as Colour

#9AAABA

  • #9AAABA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9AAABA is a blue with RGB values 154, 170, 186 and HSL 210°, 19%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9AAABA#9AAABA
HEX#9AAABA
RGBrgb(154, 170, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6667, 0.7294
RGB percentages60.4%, 66.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(210, 18.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 17.2%, 72.9%)
CMYK17.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,136,250
CSS custom property--colour: #9AAABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#655545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4AABBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A7BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#92AEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Light slate grey · ΔE 13Silver · ΔE 13.6Slate grey · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAAA9A
Analogous#9ABABA, #9A9ABA
Triadic#BA9AAA, #AABA9A
Split complementary#BA9A9A, #BABA9A
Tetradic#BA9ABA, #BAAA9A, #9ABA9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F6F8
Lighter +20%#D7DDE3
Lighter +10%#B8C3CF
Darker −10%#7C90A5
Darker −20%#61778D
Darker −30%#4C5D6F
Darker −40%#374451
More saturated +25%#85AACF
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R154
G170
B186
Red154 (60.4%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)18.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G AA · B BA

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