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Recognised as Colour

#9BB6DE

  • #9BB6DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BB6DE is a blue with RGB values 155, 182, 222 and HSL 216°, 50%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BB6DE#9BB6DE
HEX#9BB6DE
RGBrgb(155, 182, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7137, 0.8706
RGB percentages60.8%, 71.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(215.8, 50.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 30.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK30.2%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,204,894
CSS custom property--colour: #9BB6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.14:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#644921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B1DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#88BEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 19Thistle · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC39B
Analogous#9BD7DE, #A29BDE
Triadic#DE9BB6, #B6DE9B
Split complementary#DEA29B, #D8DE9B
Tetradic#DE9BD7, #DEC39B, #9BDEA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EEF7
Lighter +10%#C1D2EB
Darker −10%#759AD1
Darker −20%#4E7EC5
Darker −30%#3865A8
Darker −40%#2B4E82
More saturated +25%#8AB3EF
Less saturated −25%#ACB9CD

Channel breakdown

R155
G182
B222
Red155 (60.8%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue215.82°
Saturation (HSL)50.38%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G B6 · B DE

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