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Recognised as Colour

#9BC5F1

  • #9BC5F1
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9BC5F1 is a blue with RGB values 155, 197, 241 and HSL 211°, 75%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9BC5F1#9BC5F1
HEX#9BC5F1
RGBrgb(155, 197, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7725, 0.9451
RGB percentages60.8%, 77.3%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(210.7, 75.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.7, 35.7%, 94.5%)
CMYK35.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,208,753
CSS custom property--colour: #9BC5F1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#643A0E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C6F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AABDF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7FCFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Light blue · ΔE 17.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.4Powder blue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1C79B
Analogous#9BF0F1, #9C9BF1
Triadic#F19BC5, #C5F19B
Split complementary#F19C9B, #F0F19B
Tetradic#F19BF0, #F1C79B, #9BF19C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F9FE
Lighter +10%#C8DFF7
Darker −10%#6EABEB
Darker −20%#4291E4
Darker −30%#1E77D5
Darker −40%#185EA8
More saturated +25%#8DC5FF
Less saturated −25%#A9C5E3

Channel breakdown

R155
G197
B241
Red155 (60.8%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue210.7°
Saturation (HSL)75.44%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G C5 · B F1

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