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Recognised as Colour

#9CAACA

  • #9CAACA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9CAACA is a blue with RGB values 156, 170, 202 and HSL 222°, 30%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9CAACA#9CAACA
HEX#9CAACA
RGBrgb(156, 170, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.6667, 0.7922
RGB percentages61.2%, 66.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(221.7, 30.3%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 22.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK22.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,267,338
CSS custom property--colour: #9CAACA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#635535

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0ACCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA8C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#90B0B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 17.6Dark grey · ΔE 18Slate grey · ΔE 18.7Light skyblue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CABC9C
Analogous#9CC1CA, #A59CCA
Triadic#CA9CAA, #AACA9C
Split complementary#CAA59C, #C1CA9C
Tetradic#CA9CC1, #CABC9C, #9CCAA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE3EE
Lighter +10%#BDC7DC
Darker −10%#7B8DB8
Darker −20%#5A71A6
Darker −30%#475A86
Darker −40%#364464
More saturated +25%#89A3DD
Less saturated −25%#AFB1B7

Channel breakdown

R156
G170
B202
Red156 (61.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue221.74°
Saturation (HSL)30.26%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G AA · B CA

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