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Recognised as Colour

#9DA7E8

  • #9DA7E8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9DA7E8 is a blue with RGB values 157, 167, 232 and HSL 232°, 62%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#9DA7E8#9DA7E8
HEX#9DA7E8
RGBrgb(157, 167, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.6549, 0.9098
RGB percentages61.6%, 65.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(232, 62%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232, 32.3%, 91%)
CMYK32.3%, 28%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,332,136
CSS custom property--colour: #9DA7E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.13:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#625817

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93AEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8EA8E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#89B3BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.4Light steelblue · ΔE 24Plum · ΔE 24.5Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Thistle · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8DE9D
Analogous#9DCDE8, #B89DE8
Triadic#E89DA7, #A7E89D
Split complementary#E8B99D, #CDE89D
Tetradic#E89DCD, #E8DE9D, #9DE8B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F1FB
Lighter +10%#C6CCF2
Darker −10%#7482DE
Darker −20%#4A5DD5
Darker −30%#2D40BF
Darker −40%#233296
More saturated +25%#8E9CF7
Less saturated −25%#ACB2D9

Channel breakdown

R157
G167
B232
Red157 (61.6%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue232°
Saturation (HSL)61.98%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G A7 · B E8

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