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Recognised as Colour

#9BCAE9

  • #9BCAE9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9BCAE9 is a blue with RGB values 155, 202, 233 and HSL 204°, 64%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9BCAE9#9BCAE9
HEX#9BCAE9
RGBrgb(155, 202, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.7922, 0.9137
RGB percentages60.8%, 79.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(203.8, 63.9%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.8, 33.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK33.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,210,025
CSS custom property--colour: #9BCAE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#643516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC9EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#81D2D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.9Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.4Lavender · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9BA9B
Analogous#9BE9E1, #9BA3E9
Triadic#E99BCA, #CAE99B
Split complementary#E99BA3, #E9E19B
Tetradic#E19BE9, #E9BA9B, #A3E99B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF6FB
Lighter +10%#C5E0F2
Darker −10%#71B4E0
Darker −20%#479ED7
Darker −30%#2A85C1
Darker −40%#216897
More saturated +25%#8CCDF8
Less saturated −25%#AAC7DA

Channel breakdown

R155
G202
B233
Red155 (60.8%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue203.85°
Saturation (HSL)63.93%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G CA · B E9

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