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Colour

#9ABFED

  • #9ABFED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9ABFED is a blue with RGB values 154, 191, 237 and HSL 213°, 70%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9ABFED#9ABFED
HEX#9ABFED
RGBrgb(154, 191, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.749, 0.9294
RGB percentages60.4%, 74.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(213.3, 69.7%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.3, 35%, 92.9%)
CMYK35%, 19.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,141,677
CSS custom property--colour: #9ABFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50246WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#654012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#80C9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.9Thistle · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC89A
Analogous#9AE8ED, #9E9AED
Triadic#ED9ABF, #BFED9A
Split complementary#ED9E9A, #E8ED9A
Tetradic#ED9AE9, #EDC89A, #9AED9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F6FC
Lighter +10%#C5DAF5
Darker −10%#6FA4E5
Darker −20%#4388DE
Darker −30%#246ECA
Darker −40%#1C569F
More saturated +25%#8BBDFC
Less saturated −25%#A9C1DE

Channel breakdown

R154
G191
B237
Red154 (60.4%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue213.25°
Saturation (HSL)69.75%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G BF · B ED

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