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Recognised as Colour

#9CB9FD

  • #9CB9FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9CB9FD is a blue with RGB values 156, 185, 253 and HSL 222°, 96%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9CB9FD#9CB9FD
HEX#9CB9FD
RGBrgb(156, 185, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7255, 0.9922
RGB percentages61.2%, 72.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.1, 96%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 38.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK38.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,271,229
CSS custom property--colour: #9CB9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.77:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#634602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7DC7D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 23.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 25Steel blue · ΔE 25.6Sky blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE09C
Analogous#9CEAFD, #B09CFD
Triadic#FD9CB9, #B9FD9C
Split complementary#FDB09C, #E9FD9C
Tetradic#FD9CEA, #FDE09C, #9CFDB0

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%#6A96FC
Darker −20%#3872FB
Darker −30%#064FFA
Darker −40%#043FC9
More saturated +25%#9AB8FF
Less saturated −25%#A9BEF0

Channel breakdown

R156
G185
B253
Red156 (61.2%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.06°
Saturation (HSL)96.04%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G B9 · B FD

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