Colour

#9BC6FD

#9BC6FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#9BC6FD is a blue with RGB values 155, 198, 253 and HSL 214°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9BC6FD#9BC6FD

HEX#9BC6FD

RGBrgb(155, 198, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7765, 0.9922

RGB percentages60.8%, 77.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(213.7, 96.1%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(213.7, 38.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK38.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,209,021

CSS custom property--colour: #9BC6FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.89:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#643902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6BFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#79D2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3 Sky blue · ΔE 17.4 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21 Light blue · ΔE 23 Lavender · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDD29B

Analogous#9BF7FD, #A19BFD

Triadic#FD9BC6, #C6FD9B

Split complementary#FDA19B, #F7FD9B

Tetradic#FD9BF7, #FDD29B, #9BFDA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#CDE3FE

Darker −10%#69AAFC

Darker −20%#378DFB

Darker −30%#0571FA

Darker −40%#045AC8

More saturated +25%#99C6FF

Less saturated −25%#A8C8F0

Channel breakdown

R155

G198

B253

Red155 (60.8%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue213.67°

Saturation (HSL)96.08%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9B · G C6 · B FD

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