Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#9BADE2

  • #9BADE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BADE2 is a blue with RGB values 155, 173, 226 and HSL 225°, 55%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BADE2#9BADE2
HEX#9BADE2
RGBrgb(155, 173, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6784, 0.8863
RGB percentages60.8%, 67.8%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(224.8, 55%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.8, 31.4%, 88.6%)
CMYK31.4%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,202,594
CSS custom property--colour: #9BADE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#64521D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB1E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ABE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#87B7BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 17Light skyblue · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Thistle · ΔE 22.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.8Sky blue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2D09B
Analogous#9BD1E2, #AD9BE2
Triadic#E29BAD, #ADE29B
Split complementary#E2AD9B, #D1E29B
Tetradic#E29BD1, #E2D09B, #9BE2AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEEF9
Lighter +10%#C3CDED
Darker −10%#738DD7
Darker −20%#4C6CCB
Darker −30%#3353B1
Darker −40%#284089
More saturated +25%#8BA5F2
Less saturated −25%#ABB5D2

Channel breakdown

R155
G173
B226
Red155 (60.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue224.79°
Saturation (HSL)55.04%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G AD · B E2

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “9bade2” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.