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Recognised as Colour

#9CBEDE

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

#9CBEDE is a blue with RGB values 156, 190, 222 and HSL 209°, 50%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9CBEDE#9CBEDE
HEX#9CBEDE
RGBrgb(156, 190, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7451, 0.8706
RGB percentages61.2%, 74.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(209.1, 50%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 29.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK29.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,272,478
CSS custom property--colour: #9CBEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#634121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#88C5C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 13.5Powder blue · ΔE 18.7Silver · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEBC9C
Analogous#9CDEDD, #9C9DDE
Triadic#DE9CBE, #BEDE9C
Split complementary#DE9C9D, #DEDD9C
Tetradic#DD9CDE, #DEBC9C, #9DDE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9F0F8
Lighter +10%#C2D7EB
Darker −10%#76A5D1
Darker −20%#508CC5
Darker −30%#3872A9
Darker −40%#2C5883
More saturated +25%#8CBEEF
Less saturated −25%#ADBECE

Channel breakdown

R156
G190
B222
Red156 (61.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue209.09°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G BE · B DE

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