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Recognised as Colour

#9CB8FD

  • #9CB8FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9CB8FD is a blue with RGB values 156, 184, 253 and HSL 223°, 96%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9CB8FD#9CB8FD
HEX#9CB8FD
RGBrgb(156, 184, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7216, 0.9922
RGB percentages61.2%, 72.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.7, 96%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 38.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK38.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,270,973
CSS custom property--colour: #9CB8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.69:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#634702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B5FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7DC6D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.1Light skyblue · ΔE 20.4Light steelblue · ΔE 23.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.7Sky blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE19C
Analogous#9CE9FD, #B19CFD
Triadic#FD9CB8, #B8FD9C
Split complementary#FDB19C, #E9FD9C
Tetradic#FD9CE9, #FDE19C, #9CFDB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CEDCFE
Darker −10%#6A94FC
Darker −20%#3870FB
Darker −30%#064CFA
Darker −40%#043DC9
More saturated +25%#9AB7FF
Less saturated −25%#A9BDF0

Channel breakdown

R156
G184
B253
Red156 (61.2%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.68°
Saturation (HSL)96.04%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G B8 · B FD

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