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Recognised as Colour

#9AB4EA

  • #9AB4EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9AB4EA is a blue with RGB values 154, 180, 234 and HSL 221°, 66%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9AB4EA#9AB4EA
HEX#9AB4EA
RGBrgb(154, 180, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7059, 0.9176
RGB percentages60.4%, 70.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(220.5, 65.6%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.5, 34.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK34.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,138,858
CSS custom property--colour: #9AB4EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#654B15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#82BFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Steel blue · ΔE 22.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.2Thistle · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAD09A
Analogous#9ADCEA, #A89AEA
Triadic#EA9AB4, #B4EA9A
Split complementary#EAA89A, #DCEA9A
Tetradic#EA9ADC, #EAD09A, #9AEAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF3FC
Lighter +10%#C4D3F3
Darker −10%#7095E1
Darker −20%#4675D8
Darker −30%#285BC3
Darker −40%#204798
More saturated +25%#8BAFF9
Less saturated −25%#A9B9DB

Channel breakdown

R154
G180
B234
Red154 (60.4%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue220.5°
Saturation (HSL)65.57%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G B4 · B EA

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