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Recognised as Colour

#9DA7DA

  • #9DA7DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DA7DA is a blue with RGB values 157, 167, 218 and HSL 230°, 45%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9DA7DA#9DA7DA
HEX#9DA7DA
RGBrgb(157, 167, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.6549, 0.8549
RGB percentages61.6%, 65.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(230.2, 45.2%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.2, 28%, 85.5%)
CMYK28%, 23.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,332,122
CSS custom property--colour: #9DA7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#625825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98ACDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#94A7D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#8DB0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.4Thistle · ΔE 21.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAD09D
Analogous#9DC6DA, #B29DDA
Triadic#DA9DA7, #A7DA9D
Split complementary#DAB29D, #C6DA9D
Tetradic#DA9DC5, #DAD09D, #9DDAB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E9F6
Lighter +10%#C2C8E8
Darker −10%#7886CC
Darker −20%#5365BE
Darker −30%#3D4DA1
Darker −40%#2F3C7C
More saturated +25%#8C9CEB
Less saturated −25%#AEB2C9

Channel breakdown

R157
G167
B218
Red157 (61.6%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue230.16°
Saturation (HSL)45.19%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G A7 · B DA

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