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Recognised as Colour

#9CABCB

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

#9CABCB is a blue with RGB values 156, 171, 203 and HSL 221°, 31%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9CABCB#9CABCB
HEX#9CABCB
RGBrgb(156, 171, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.6706, 0.7961
RGB percentages61.2%, 67.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(220.9, 31.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.9, 23.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK23.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,267,595
CSS custom property--colour: #9CABCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#635434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1ADCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA9CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#90B1B5no 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 text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 17.7Dark grey · ΔE 18.1Slate grey · ΔE 19Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBBC9C
Analogous#9CC2CB, #A59CCB
Triadic#CB9CAB, #ABCB9C
Split complementary#CBA59C, #C2CB9C
Tetradic#CB9CC2, #CBBC9C, #9CCBA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE4EE
Lighter +10%#BDC7DD
Darker −10%#7B8FB9
Darker −20%#5972A8
Darker −30%#475B87
Darker −40%#354566
More saturated +25%#89A4DE
Less saturated −25%#AFB2B8

Channel breakdown

R156
G171
B203
Red156 (61.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue220.85°
Saturation (HSL)31.13%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G AB · B CB

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