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Recognised as Colour

#9AC7F9

  • #9AC7F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9AC7F9 is a blue with RGB values 154, 199, 249 and HSL 212°, 89%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9AC7F9#9AC7F9
HEX#9AC7F9
RGBrgb(154, 199, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.7804, 0.9765
RGB percentages60.4%, 78%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(211.6, 88.8%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.6, 38.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK38.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,143,737
CSS custom property--colour: #9AC7F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#653806

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9BFF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#79D2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 20.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.9Lavender · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9CC9A
Analogous#9AF7F9, #9C9AF9
Triadic#F99AC7, #C7F99A
Split complementary#F99C9A, #F7F99A
Tetradic#F99AF7, #F9CC9A, #9AF99C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFCFF
Lighter +10%#CAE2FC
Darker −10%#6AACF6
Darker −20%#3A92F3
Darker −30%#0E77EC
Darker −40%#0B5FBC
More saturated +25%#94C7FF
Less saturated −25%#A7C8EC

Channel breakdown

R154
G199
B249
Red154 (60.4%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue211.58°
Saturation (HSL)88.79%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G C7 · B F9

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