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Recognised as Colour

#9AAEDE

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

#9AAEDE is a blue with RGB values 154, 174, 222 and HSL 222°, 51%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9AAEDE#9AAEDE
HEX#9AAEDE
RGBrgb(154, 174, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.6824, 0.8706
RGB percentages60.4%, 68.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(222.4, 50.7%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 30.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK30.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,137,310
CSS custom property--colour: #9AAEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#655121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#99ABDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#87B8BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 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 text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.2Thistle · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECA9A
Analogous#9AD0DE, #A89ADE
Triadic#DE9AAE, #AEDE9A
Split complementary#DEA89A, #D0DE9A
Tetradic#DE9AD0, #DECA9A, #9ADEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7ECF7
Lighter +10%#C0CDEB
Darker −10%#748FD1
Darker −20%#4D70C5
Darker −30%#3758A8
Darker −40%#2A4482
More saturated +25%#89A7EF
Less saturated −25%#ABB5CD

Channel breakdown

R154
G174
B222
Red154 (60.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue222.35°
Saturation (HSL)50.75%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G AE · B DE

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