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Recognised as Colour

#9BBDE0

  • #9BBDE0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9BBDE0 is a blue with RGB values 155, 189, 224 and HSL 210°, 53%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9BBDE0#9BBDE0
HEX#9BBDE0
RGBrgb(155, 189, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7412, 0.8784
RGB percentages60.8%, 74.1%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(210.4, 52.7%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.4, 30.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK30.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,206,688
CSS custom property--colour: #9BBDE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#64421F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BDE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#86C5C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1Light skyblue · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 12.2Light blue · ΔE 15Powder blue · ΔE 20.2Thistle · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0BE9B
Analogous#9BE0E0, #9B9BE0
Triadic#E09BBD, #BDE09B
Split complementary#E09B9B, #E0E09B
Tetradic#E09BE0, #E0BE9B, #9BE09B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F0F8
Lighter +10%#C2D7EC
Darker −10%#74A3D4
Darker −20%#4D8AC8
Darker −30%#3570AD
Darker −40%#295786
More saturated +25%#8BBDF0
Less saturated −25%#ABBDD0

Channel breakdown

R155
G189
B224
Red155 (60.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue210.43°
Saturation (HSL)52.67%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G BD · B E0

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