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Colour

#9AAED3

  • #9AAED3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9AAED3 is a blue with RGB values 154, 174, 211 and HSL 219°, 39%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9AAED3#9AAED3
HEX#9AAED3
RGBrgb(154, 174, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6824, 0.8275
RGB percentages60.4%, 68.2%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(218.9, 39.3%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 27%, 82.7%)
CMYK27%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,137,299
CSS custom property--colour: #9AAED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#65512C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B0D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CABD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8BB5BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Light slate grey · ΔE 18.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 19.1Light blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3BF9A
Analogous#9ACBD3, #A29AD3
Triadic#D39AAE, #AED39A
Split complementary#D3A29A, #CBD39A
Tetradic#D39ACA, #D3BF9A, #9AD3A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E7F2
Lighter +10%#BECAE2
Darker −10%#7692C4
Darker −20%#5375B4
Darker −30%#405E94
Darker −40%#314770
More saturated +25%#88A9E5
Less saturated −25%#ACB3C1

Channel breakdown

R154
G174
B211
Red154 (60.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue218.95°
Saturation (HSL)39.31%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G AE · B D3

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