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Recognised as Colour

#9BB1E5

  • #9BB1E5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BB1E5 is a blue with RGB values 155, 177, 229 and HSL 222°, 59%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BB1E5#9BB1E5
HEX#9BB1E5
RGBrgb(155, 177, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.6941, 0.898
RGB percentages60.8%, 69.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(222.2, 58.7%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 32.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK32.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,203,621
CSS custom property--colour: #9BB1E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#644E1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B5E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AEE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#86BBC3no 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 text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 21.9Thistle · ΔE 22.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5CF9B
Analogous#9BD6E5, #AA9BE5
Triadic#E59BB1, #B1E59B
Split complementary#E5AA9B, #D6E59B
Tetradic#E59BD6, #E5CF9B, #9BE5AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF0FA
Lighter +10%#C3D1F0
Darker −10%#7391DA
Darker −20%#4A72D0
Darker −30%#3058B7
Darker −40%#25458F
More saturated +25%#8BABF5
Less saturated −25%#ABB7D5

Channel breakdown

R155
G177
B229
Red155 (60.8%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue222.16°
Saturation (HSL)58.73%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G B1 · B E5

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