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Recognised as Colour

#9BAEDE

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

#9BAEDE is a blue with RGB values 155, 174, 222 and HSL 223°, 50%, 74%. 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

#9BAEDE#9BAEDE
HEX#9BAEDE
RGBrgb(155, 174, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6824, 0.8706
RGB percentages60.8%, 68.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(223, 50.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 30.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK30.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,202,846
CSS custom property--colour: #9BAEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42515WCAG 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 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#645121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB2E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#99ACDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#89B7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Thistle · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECB9B
Analogous#9BD0DE, #AA9BDE
Triadic#DE9BAE, #AEDE9B
Split complementary#DEAA9B, #D0DE9B
Tetradic#DE9BD0, #DECB9B, #9BDEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8ECF7
Lighter +10%#C1CDEB
Darker −10%#758FD1
Darker −20%#4E70C5
Darker −30%#3858A8
Darker −40%#2B4482
More saturated +25%#8AA7EF
Less saturated −25%#ACB5CD

Channel breakdown

R155
G174
B222
Red155 (60.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue222.99°
Saturation (HSL)50.38%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G AE · B DE

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