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Recognised as Colour

#9ABDE9

  • #9ABDE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9ABDE9 is a blue with RGB values 154, 189, 233 and HSL 213°, 64%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9ABDE9#9ABDE9
HEX#9ABDE9
RGBrgb(154, 189, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7412, 0.9137
RGB percentages60.4%, 74.1%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(213.4, 64.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.4, 33.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK33.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,141,161
CSS custom property--colour: #9ABDE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#654216

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B7E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#81C7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 19Thistle · ΔE 22.5Lavender · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C69A
Analogous#9AE5E9, #9E9AE9
Triadic#E99ABD, #BDE99A
Split complementary#E99E9A, #E5E99A
Tetradic#E99AE5, #E9C69A, #9AE99E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF4FB
Lighter +10%#C4D8F2
Darker −10%#70A2E0
Darker −20%#4686D7
Darker −30%#2A6CC0
Darker −40%#215596
More saturated +25%#8BBBF8
Less saturated −25%#A9BFDA

Channel breakdown

R154
G189
B233
Red154 (60.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue213.42°
Saturation (HSL)64.23%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G BD · B E9

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