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Recognised as Colour

#9CBBE9

  • #9CBBE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9CBBE9 is a blue with RGB values 156, 187, 233 and HSL 216°, 64%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9CBBE9#9CBBE9
HEX#9CBBE9
RGBrgb(156, 187, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7333, 0.9137
RGB percentages61.2%, 73.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(215.8, 63.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.8, 33%, 91.4%)
CMYK33%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,271,721
CSS custom property--colour: #9CBBE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#634416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBDEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B6E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#85C5CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 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 text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light blue · ΔE 20.5Thistle · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9CA9C
Analogous#9CE1E9, #A49CE9
Triadic#E99CBB, #BBE99C
Split complementary#E9A49C, #E1E99C
Tetradic#E99CE1, #E9CA9C, #9CE9A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF4FC
Lighter +10%#C6D8F2
Darker −10%#729EE0
Darker −20%#4982D6
Darker −30%#2B67C1
Darker −40%#225197
More saturated +25%#8DB8F8
Less saturated −25%#ABBEDA

Channel breakdown

R156
G187
B233
Red156 (61.2%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue215.84°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G BB · B E9

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