Colour

#9BDBFA

#9BDBFA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#9BDBFA is a cyan with RGB values 155, 219, 250 and HSL 200°, 90%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9BDBFA#9BDBFA

HEX#9BDBFA

RGBrgb(155, 219, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8588, 0.9804

RGB percentages60.8%, 85.9%, 98%

HSLhsl(199.6, 90.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.6, 38%, 98%)

CMYK38%, 12.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,214,394

CSS custom property--colour: #9BDBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#642405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBD8FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#BECDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#78E4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 8.5 Light blue · ΔE 10.2 Powder blue · ΔE 13.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FABA9B

Analogous#9BFAE9, #9BACFA

Triadic#FA9BDB, #DBFA9B

Split complementary#FA9BAC, #FAE99B

Tetradic#E99BFA, #FABA9B, #ABFA9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFEFF

Lighter +10%#CCECFC

Darker −10%#6ACAF8

Darker −20%#3AB8F5

Darker −30%#0CA6F0

Darker −40%#0A84BF

More saturated +25%#96DDFF

Less saturated −25%#A8D6ED

Channel breakdown

R155

G219

B250

Red155 (60.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue199.58°

Saturation (HSL)90.48%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9B · G DB · B FA

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Colour values

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