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Recognised as Colour

#9BD5FB

  • #9BD5FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9BD5FB is a blue with RGB values 155, 213, 251 and HSL 204°, 92%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9BD5FB#9BD5FB
HEX#9BD5FB
RGBrgb(155, 213, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8353, 0.9843
RGB percentages60.8%, 83.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(203.7, 92.3%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.7, 38.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK38.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,212,859
CSS custom property--colour: #9BD5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.3:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#642A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D4FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C9FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#78DFE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.2Sky blue · ΔE 7.3Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.5Lavender · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBC19B
Analogous#9BFBF1, #9BA5FB
Triadic#FB9BD5, #D5FB9B
Split complementary#FB9BA5, #FBF19B
Tetradic#F19BFB, #FBC19B, #A5FB9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#CCEAFD
Darker −10%#6AC0F9
Darker −20%#39ACF7
Darker −30%#0A97F3
Darker −40%#0878C2
More saturated +25%#97D6FF
Less saturated −25%#A8D2EE

Channel breakdown

R155
G213
B251
Red155 (60.8%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue203.75°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G D5 · B FB

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