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Recognised as Colour

#9B9BAA

  • #9B9BAA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9B9BAA is a blue with RGB values 155, 155, 170 and HSL 240°, 8%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9B9BAA#9B9BAA
HEX#9B9BAA
RGBrgb(155, 155, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6078, 0.6667
RGB percentages60.8%, 60.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(240, 8.1%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 8.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK8.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,197,930
CSS custom property--colour: #9B9BAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#646455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989DABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#979CAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#989DA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.6Light slate grey · ΔE 10.5Slate grey · ΔE 13Gray · ΔE 13.7Silver · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAAA9B
Analogous#9BA3AA, #A39BAA
Triadic#AA9B9B, #9BAA9B
Split complementary#AAA39B, #A3AA9B
Tetradic#AA9BA3, #AAAA9B, #9BAAA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEEEF0
Lighter +20%#D2D2D9
Lighter +10%#B7B7C1
Darker −10%#7F7F93
Darker −20%#666679
Darker −30%#4F4F5D
Darker −40%#383841
More saturated +25%#8484C1
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R155
G155
B170
Red155 (60.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)8.11%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 9B · B AA

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