Recognised as Colour

#9CCBFA

#9CCBFA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#9CCBFA is a blue with RGB values 156, 203, 250 and HSL 210°, 90%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9CCBFA#9CCBFA

HEX#9CCBFA

RGBrgb(156, 203, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.7961, 0.9804

RGB percentages61.2%, 79.6%, 98%

HSLhsl(210, 90.4%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210, 37.6%, 98%)

CMYK37.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,275,834

CSS custom property--colour: #9CCBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#633405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9CCFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADC2F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7CD6DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.8 Sky blue · ΔE 12.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2 Light blue · ΔE 18.3 Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.3 Lavender · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FACB9C

Analogous#9CFAFA, #9C9CFA

Triadic#FA9CCB, #CBFA9C

Split complementary#FA9C9C, #FAFA9C

Tetradic#FA9CFA, #FACB9C, #9CFA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFEFF

Lighter +10%#CDE5FC

Darker −10%#6BB2F8

Darker −20%#3B98F5

Darker −30%#0C7FF1

Darker −40%#0A65C0

More saturated +25%#97CBFF

Less saturated −25%#A9CBED

Channel breakdown

R156

G203

B250

Red156 (61.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue210°

Saturation (HSL)90.38%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9C · G CB · B FA

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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