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Recognised as Colour

#9BAFE8

  • #9BAFE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BAFE8 is a blue with RGB values 155, 175, 232 and HSL 224°, 63%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BAFE8#9BAFE8
HEX#9BAFE8
RGBrgb(155, 175, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6863, 0.9098
RGB percentages60.8%, 68.6%, 91%
HSLhsl(224.4, 62.6%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 33.2%, 91%)
CMYK33.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,203,112
CSS custom property--colour: #9BAFE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.69:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#645017

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ADE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#85BAC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.1Thistle · ΔE 24.1Sky blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8D49B
Analogous#9BD6E8, #AD9BE8
Triadic#E89BAF, #AFE89B
Split complementary#E8AE9B, #D5E89B
Tetradic#E89BD6, #E8D49B, #9BE8AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF1FB
Lighter +10%#C4D0F2
Darker −10%#728EDE
Darker −20%#486DD5
Darker −30%#2C52BE
Darker −40%#224095
More saturated +25%#8CA8F7
Less saturated −25%#AAB6D9

Channel breakdown

R155
G175
B232
Red155 (60.8%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue224.42°
Saturation (HSL)62.6%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G AF · B E8

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