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Recognised as Colour

#9CB8ED

  • #9CB8ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9CB8ED is a blue with RGB values 156, 184, 237 and HSL 219°, 69%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9CB8ED#9CB8ED
HEX#9CB8ED
RGBrgb(156, 184, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7216, 0.9294
RGB percentages61.2%, 72.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(219.3, 69.2%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.3, 34.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK34.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,270,957
CSS custom property--colour: #9CB8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#634712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6BBEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#84C3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Thistle · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD19C
Analogous#9CE1ED, #A89CED
Triadic#ED9CB8, #B8ED9C
Split complementary#EDA99C, #E1ED9C
Tetradic#ED9CE1, #EDD19C, #9CEDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F6FD
Lighter +10%#C7D7F5
Darker −10%#7199E5
Darker −20%#467ADD
Darker −30%#255ECB
Darker −40%#1D4AA0
More saturated +25%#8DB3FC
Less saturated −25%#ABBDDE

Channel breakdown

R156
G184
B237
Red156 (61.2%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue219.26°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G B8 · B ED

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