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Recognised as Colour

#9AB5F2

  • #9AB5F2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9AB5F2 is a blue with RGB values 154, 181, 242 and HSL 222°, 77%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9AB5F2#9AB5F2
HEX#9AB5F2
RGBrgb(154, 181, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7098, 0.949
RGB percentages60.4%, 71%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(221.6, 77.2%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.6, 36.4%, 94.9%)
CMYK36.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,139,122
CSS custom property--colour: #9AB5F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#654A0D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BAF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B2F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7FC1CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Sky blue · ΔE 24.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2D79A
Analogous#9AE1F2, #AB9AF2
Triadic#F29AB5, #B5F29A
Split complementary#F2AB9A, #E1F29A
Tetradic#F29AE1, #F2D79A, #9AF2AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F7FE
Lighter +10%#C7D6F8
Darker −10%#6D94EC
Darker −20%#4073E6
Darker −30%#1C55D7
Darker −40%#1643AA
More saturated +25%#8DB0FF
Less saturated −25%#A8BBE4

Channel breakdown

R154
G181
B242
Red154 (60.4%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue221.59°
Saturation (HSL)77.19%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G B5 · B F2

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