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Recognised as Colour

#9BBDFA

  • #9BBDFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9BBDFA is a blue with RGB values 155, 189, 250 and HSL 219°, 90%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9BBDFA#9BBDFA
HEX#9BBDFA
RGBrgb(155, 189, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7412, 0.9804
RGB percentages60.8%, 74.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(218.5, 90.5%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.5, 38%, 98%)
CMYK38%, 24.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,206,714
CSS custom property--colour: #9BBDFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#644205

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8C1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7CCAD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 22.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAD89B
Analogous#9BEDFA, #A89BFA
Triadic#FA9BBD, #BDFA9B
Split complementary#FAA89B, #EDFA9B
Tetradic#FA9BED, #FAD89B, #9BFAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFF
Lighter +10%#CCDDFC
Darker −10%#6A9DF8
Darker −20%#3A7DF5
Darker −30%#0C5EF0
Darker −40%#0A4BBF
More saturated +25%#96BCFF
Less saturated −25%#A8C1ED

Channel breakdown

R155
G189
B250
Red155 (60.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue218.53°
Saturation (HSL)90.48%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G BD · B FA

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