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Recognised as Colour

#9AA9CF

  • #9AA9CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9AA9CF is a blue with RGB values 154, 169, 207 and HSL 223°, 36%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9AA9CF#9AA9CF
HEX#9AA9CF
RGBrgb(154, 169, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6627, 0.8118
RGB percentages60.4%, 66.3%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(223, 35.6%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 25.6%, 81.2%)
CMYK25.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,136,015
CSS custom property--colour: #9AA9CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#655630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DACD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A7CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#8CB0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light slate grey · ΔE 17.5Thistle · ΔE 18.9Light skyblue · ΔE 19Slate grey · ΔE 20.2Sky blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFC09A
Analogous#9AC3CF, #A59ACF
Triadic#CF9AA9, #A9CF9A
Split complementary#CFA59A, #C3CF9A
Tetradic#CF9AC3, #CFC09A, #9ACFA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE4F0
Lighter +10%#BDC6DF
Darker −10%#778CBF
Darker −20%#556EAE
Darker −30%#43588D
Darker −40%#33426A
More saturated +25%#87A1E2
Less saturated −25%#ADB1BC

Channel breakdown

R154
G169
B207
Red154 (60.4%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue223.02°
Saturation (HSL)35.57%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G A9 · B CF

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