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Colour

#9AACCB

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

#9AACCB is a blue with RGB values 154, 172, 203 and HSL 218°, 32%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9AACCB#9AACCB
HEX#9AACCB
RGBrgb(154, 172, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6745, 0.7961
RGB percentages60.4%, 67.5%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(218, 32%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 24.1%, 79.6%)
CMYK24.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,136,779
CSS custom property--colour: #9AACCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#655334

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2AECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA9CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8DB2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Dark grey · ΔE 17.9Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBB99A
Analogous#9AC4CB, #A19ACB
Triadic#CB9AAC, #ACCB9A
Split complementary#CBA19A, #C4CB9A
Tetradic#CB9AC4, #CBB99A, #9ACBA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDE3EE
Lighter +10%#BCC8DC
Darker −10%#7890BA
Darker −20%#5775A8
Darker −30%#455D87
Darker −40%#344665
More saturated +25%#87A7DE
Less saturated −25%#ADB1B8

Channel breakdown

R154
G172
B203
Red154 (60.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue217.96°
Saturation (HSL)32.03%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G AC · B CB

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