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Recognised as Colour

#9BB5FF

  • #9BB5FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9BB5FF is a blue with RGB values 155, 181, 255 and HSL 224°, 100%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9BB5FF#9BB5FF
HEX#9BB5FF
RGBrgb(155, 181, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7098, 1
RGB percentages60.8%, 71%, 100%
HSLhsl(224.4, 100%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 39.2%, 100%)
CMYK39.2%, 29%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,204,671
CSS custom property--colour: #9BB5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#644A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#93B3FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7BC4CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 23.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.5Light steelblue · ΔE 26.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE59B
Analogous#9BE7FF, #B39BFF
Triadic#FF9BB5, #B5FF9B
Split complementary#FFB39B, #E7FF9B
Tetradic#FF9BE7, #FFE59B, #9BFFB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CEDBFF
Darker −10%#688FFF
Darker −20%#356AFF
Darker −30%#0244FF
Darker −40%#0036CE
More saturated +25%#9BB5FF
Less saturated −25%#A8BBF3

Channel breakdown

R155
G181
B255
Red155 (60.8%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue224.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G B5 · B FF

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