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Recognised as Colour

#9BA8DD

  • #9BA8DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BA8DD is a blue with RGB values 155, 168, 221 and HSL 228°, 49%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BA8DD#9BA8DD
HEX#9BA8DD
RGBrgb(155, 168, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6588, 0.8667
RGB percentages60.8%, 65.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(228.2, 49.3%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.2, 29.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK29.9%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,201,309
CSS custom property--colour: #9BA8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#645722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ADDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A8DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8AB2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18Light skyblue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 21Thistle · ΔE 22.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.5Light slate grey · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD09B
Analogous#9BC9DD, #AF9BDD
Triadic#DD9BA8, #A8DD9B
Split complementary#DDAF9B, #C9DD9B
Tetradic#DD9BC9, #DDD09B, #9BDDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7EAF7
Lighter +10%#C1C9EA
Darker −10%#7587D0
Darker −20%#4F66C3
Darker −30%#394EA6
Darker −40%#2C3C80
More saturated +25%#8A9EEE
Less saturated −25%#ACB2CC

Channel breakdown

R155
G168
B221
Red155 (60.8%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue228.18°
Saturation (HSL)49.25%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G A8 · B DD

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