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Recognised as Colour

#9DA9BC

  • #9DA9BC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9DA9BC is a blue with RGB values 157, 169, 188 and HSL 217°, 19%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9DA9BC#9DA9BC
HEX#9DA9BC
RGBrgb(157, 169, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.6627, 0.7373
RGB percentages61.6%, 66.3%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(216.8, 18.8%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 16.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK16.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,332,604
CSS custom property--colour: #9DA9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#625643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3AABDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A7BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#96ADAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5Dark grey · ΔE 11.2Light slate grey · ΔE 13.1Silver · ΔE 14.2Slate grey · ΔE 16.2Thistle · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCB09D
Analogous#9DB9BC, #A19DBC
Triadic#BC9DA9, #A9BC9D
Split complementary#BCA19D, #B9BC9D
Tetradic#BC9DB9, #BCB09D, #9DBCA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F9FA
Lighter +20%#DADEE5
Lighter +10%#BBC4D1
Darker −10%#7F8EA7
Darker −20%#637490
Darker −30%#4E5C72
Darker −40%#394454
More saturated +25%#88A4D1
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R157
G169
B188
Red157 (61.6%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue216.77°
Saturation (HSL)18.79%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G A9 · B BC

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