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Recognised as Colour

#9AACEE

  • #9AACEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9AACEE is a blue with RGB values 154, 172, 238 and HSL 227°, 71%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9AACEE#9AACEE
HEX#9AACEE
RGBrgb(154, 172, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6745, 0.9333
RGB percentages60.4%, 67.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(227.1, 71.2%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 35.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK35.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,136,814
CSS custom property--colour: #9AACEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.51:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#655311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#90ABECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#81B9C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6Plum · ΔE 26.7Thistle · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDC9A
Analogous#9AD6EE, #B29AEE
Triadic#EE9AAC, #ACEE9A
Split complementary#EEB29A, #D6EE9A
Tetradic#EE9AD6, #EEDC9A, #9AEEB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F4FD
Lighter +10%#C6D0F5
Darker −10%#6E88E7
Darker −20%#4364DF
Darker −30%#2247CD
Darker −40%#1B38A1
More saturated +25%#8BA4FD
Less saturated −25%#A9B4DF

Channel breakdown

R154
G172
B238
Red154 (60.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)71.19%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G AC · B EE

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