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Recognised as Colour

#9CDAFE

  • #9CDAFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#9CDAFE is a blue with RGB values 156, 218, 254 and HSL 202°, 98%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#9CDAFE#9CDAFE
HEX#9CDAFE
RGBrgb(156, 218, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8549, 0.9961
RGB percentages61.2%, 85.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(202, 98%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202, 38.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK38.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,279,678
CSS custom property--colour: #9CDAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#632501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBCDFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#78E4E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.5Sky blue · ΔE 6.8Light blue · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEC09C
Analogous#9CFEF1, #9CA9FE
Triadic#FE9CDA, #DAFE9C
Split complementary#FE9CA9, #FEF19C
Tetradic#F19CFE, #FEC09C, #A9FE9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CEEDFF
Darker −10%#6AC7FD
Darker −20%#37B4FD
Darker −30%#05A1FC
Darker −40%#0282CC
More saturated +25%#9BDAFF
Less saturated −25%#A9D7F2

Channel breakdown

R156
G218
B254
Red156 (61.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue202.04°
Saturation (HSL)98%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G DA · B FE

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