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Recognised as Colour

#9C93BB

  • #9C93BB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9C93BB is a blue with RGB values 156, 147, 187 and HSL 254°, 23%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9C93BB#9C93BB
HEX#9C93BB
RGBrgb(156, 147, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5765, 0.7333
RGB percentages61.2%, 57.6%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(253.5, 22.7%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.5, 21.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK16.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,261,435
CSS custom property--colour: #9C93BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#636C44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A99BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B98BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9699A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17.6Slate grey · ΔE 19.2Thistle · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Dark grey · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 17.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2BB93
Analogous#939EBB, #B093BB
Triadic#BB9C93, #93BB9C
Split complementary#BBB093, #9EBB93
Tetradic#BB939E, #B2BB93, #93BBB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F1F6
Lighter +20%#D5D2E2
Lighter +10%#B9B2CF
Darker −10%#7F74A7
Darker −20%#655A8E
Darker −30%#4F466F
Darker −40%#393250
More saturated +25%#907DD1
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R156
G147
B187
Red156 (61.2%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue253.5°
Saturation (HSL)22.73%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 93 · B BB

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