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Recognised as Colour

#9AB8FB

  • #9AB8FB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9AB8FB is a blue with RGB values 154, 184, 251 and HSL 221°, 92%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9AB8FB#9AB8FB
HEX#9AB8FB
RGBrgb(154, 184, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7216, 0.9843
RGB percentages60.4%, 72.2%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(221.4, 92.4%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 38.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK38.6%, 26.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,139,899
CSS custom property--colour: #9AB8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.62:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#654704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1BDFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7BC6CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 25Sky blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBDD9A
Analogous#9AE8FB, #AD9AFB
Triadic#FB9AB8, #B8FB9A
Split complementary#FBAC9A, #E9FB9A
Tetradic#FB9AE8, #FBDD9A, #9AFBAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFF
Lighter +10%#CBDAFD
Darker −10%#6996F9
Darker −20%#3873F7
Darker −30%#0A52F2
Darker −40%#0841C1
More saturated +25%#96B6FF
Less saturated −25%#A7BDEE

Channel breakdown

R154
G184
B251
Red154 (60.4%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue221.44°
Saturation (HSL)92.38%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G B8 · B FB

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