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Recognised as Colour

#9BB5F4

  • #9BB5F4
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9BB5F4 is a blue with RGB values 155, 181, 244 and HSL 222°, 80%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9BB5F4#9BB5F4
HEX#9BB5F4
RGBrgb(155, 181, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7098, 0.9569
RGB percentages60.8%, 71%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(222.5, 80.2%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 36.5%, 95.7%)
CMYK36.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,204,660
CSS custom property--colour: #9BB5F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#644A0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BAF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B2F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#80C2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 18.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.8Sky blue · ΔE 25.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 18.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4DA9B
Analogous#9BE2F4, #AD9BF4
Triadic#F49BB5, #B5F49B
Split complementary#F4AD9B, #E2F49B
Tetradic#F49BE2, #F4DA9B, #9BF4AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FE
Lighter +10%#C9D7F9
Darker −10%#6D93EF
Darker −20%#3F71EA
Darker −30%#1852DE
Darker −40%#1341B0
More saturated +25%#90B0FF
Less saturated −25%#A9BBE6

Channel breakdown

R155
G181
B244
Red155 (60.8%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue222.47°
Saturation (HSL)80.18%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G B5 · B F4

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