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Recognised as Colour

#9ABFDD

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

#9ABFDD is a blue with RGB values 154, 191, 221 and HSL 207°, 50%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9ABFDD#9ABFDD
HEX#9ABFDD
RGBrgb(154, 191, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.749, 0.8667
RGB percentages60.4%, 74.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(206.9, 49.6%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.9, 30.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK30.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,141,661
CSS custom property--colour: #9ABFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#654022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BFDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#85C6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.4Powder blue · ΔE 17.5Silver · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDB89A
Analogous#9ADDDA, #9A9DDD
Triadic#DD9ABF, #BFDD9A
Split complementary#DD9A9D, #DDDA9A
Tetradic#DA9ADD, #DDB89A, #9EDD9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EFF7
Lighter +10%#C0D7EA
Darker −10%#74A7D0
Darker −20%#4E8FC3
Darker −30%#3875A6
Darker −40%#2B5A80
More saturated +25%#89C1EE
Less saturated −25%#ABBDCC

Channel breakdown

R154
G191
B221
Red154 (60.4%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue206.87°
Saturation (HSL)49.63%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G BF · B DD

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